Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10
Bureau Of Fisheries Is
Far Reaching Institution
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT
BUSINESS OF CARING FOR
NATIVE FISH

Fishing is one of the Oldest of crafts
In his most primitive state, man in
duIged in it, using his catch as food.
With INCREASED population, the de
mand for food has increased; and agri
culture has had care for the harvest
of the sea"
A benevolent Master, so the Good
Book tells u.s. finding His disciples had
toiled all night and caught nothing,
babe them cast their net on the other
side, and straightway "they were not
able to draw it in for the multitude
of fishes" Uncle Sam, with the same
altruism, has established the Bureau
of Fisheries that his anglers shall not
fish in vain
The cultivation of fish is not new
In ancient days, fresh water fishes
were cultivated in China, and medic
val monasteries had artificial fish
ponds.
Generations ago, varieties of birds,
now vanished, sang or screamed in
our woodlands beasts, now extinct
roamed in our wilderness. The forest
primeval, with it's bird life, it's fauna
and its flora has disappeared before
civilization
Were it not for the fostering care
of the government, the fish which play
and leap in our lakes and streams
would soon be no more. The encroach.
ing population is the enemy of wild
life.
The Bureau of Fisheries is a part of
our great program of conservation,
which is endeavoring to call a halt to
the recklessness and wastefulness
which would despoil our beautiful
America.
1t is probable that the fish of the
sea have not, as yet, been depleted
to any extent; but it has required
fort to keep a supply of fish in our
lakes and rivers. Sturgeon, formerly
abundant in the Great Lakes, have al
most disappeared. Without the Bureau
of Fisheries, the same thing would hap
pen to other fish.
The United States Commission of
Fish and Fisheries was established in
1871. When, the Department Of Com
MERGE was created in 1903, it became
the Bureau of Fisheries in this de-
partment. It's original purpose was as
research bureau, to gather statistics
about the fishing business in the
United States. Its activities have
grown to include the administration of
restrictive laws for the protection of
fish, and the actual propagation of
fish.
Being the best authority on fish
and fisheries. it gives advice to many
state legislatures regarding the form
of laws needed to protect the fish,
the food they needed to protect the
fish, the food they need and it's pc
valence in certain localities. 1t studies
fish diseases, their cause and correc-
ton; fish enemies and their conquest
the effect of pollution of waters by
sewage the time needed for the guard
ing of young fish and the proper per-
iods for open and closed season. 1t in
vestigates methods of catching fish,
to determine if these are economical
for the fisherman or ruinous or de-
structive to fish
Statistics show that the sale Of fish
is chiefly near to the locality where
they are caught, thus limiting the mar
ket and depriving inland peoples of
valuable food This has led to the
study of refrigeration and brine freez
ing, that fish may be transported into
the interior of the country. Methods
of canning and packing salmon, tuna
and sardines have been investigated
and economy, flavor and hygiene have
been found for better ways have been
found for sailing mackerel. Mussel
beds are cultivated in the interest of
the pearl button industry, which en-
ploys thousands of people. A treat