Evening star., 1926-06-20
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afford a clue to the movements of the
mackerel host along the shore. Other
samples of fish are taken in order to
get samples of their scales, which. be,
ing examined under the microscope
show what are called the annual
rings" that tell the age of the fish in
question.
The California Fish and Game Com
mission has had the tunas. member
of the mackerel clan, under Close>ob
Servation for some years past. under
the direction of William +. Thompson
director of the International Fisheries
Commission at Seattle. Wash. as the
tuna seems to have as equally myste
riouS habits a. It's Atlantic ocean rela'
tiveS.
THE scope of the activities of the
Fisheries Bureau is by no means
confined to any one section of the
country. or to merely the preservation
of one variety of fish. as will be shown
by the exhibit at the Sesquicenten-
NAL at Philadelphia. The recreational
features will include anglers supplies
of which the United States is the
largest manufacturer in the world, ac.
cording to a recent bulletin Of the De.
partment of Commerce; an elliptical
pool. aduaria with specimens of live
fish, and globes of pearl essence that
will illustrate the basis of imitation
pearls.
The biological Investigations Of the
bureau will also have an exhibit OF
al.
culture and other interesting activities
of the Fisheries Bureau.
In connection with the spring
planting" of the bureau, such items as
the following are Of regular occur
renee in various sections Of the coun.
try: "A large tank boat from the
hatchery at Charlevoix docked at Me
nominee. Mich. last week. after plant
ing millions of trout and whitefish fry
along the west shore of Green Bay"
The bureau Is not through with the
Young fish thus set out when the boat
from the hatchery returns to its base
for a sharp lookout is maintained by
Harry c. Crossley, Federal and State
game warden and supervisor for Lake
Erie. who has many fascinating sto
ries to tell Of the old-time fish patrol
that warred with pirates.
According to an account given IN
the June issue of the Fishing Gazette,
the Oliver II. Perry, State hatchery
tug. was "A man-o war in those days,
and carried rifles and ammunition for
the entire crew. The modern fisher
man does not try to trim the fish laws
quite as often as in the good old days
according TO Mr.. Crossley, and, be-
sides. the two new gasoline State boats
make is miles an hour. as against the
Is or less of the average fisherman S
outfit.
Incidentally. if suspected fisher
man gets away into the waters of an
other State, Ohio laws calmly wait for
his subsequent return. Mr.. CroSSley
relates the incident of one Pennsyl-
vania tug, the T. b. Walker. which
fished off Sandusky without license,
and upon being arrested the owner
fought *the case in court. But the
court decided in favor of the State,
and the owner had to pay 1000 fine,
and this, plus the lawyers fees and
the court costs, took from the opera
tors not only the tug but her sister
tug, the Pennsylvania, their tWine and
their catch.
AS the price of a fishing license
would have been only 500 for the
Spring and Fall season, the moral is
obvious. The patrol makes several
trips around the lake each season
and, according to the supervisor, the
effect is much the same as the pres.
ence of motor police on road traffic,
and persons usually think twice be-
fore violating the law.
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A CCORDING to one Of the chiefs in
the Foodstuffs Division of the De.
partment of Commerce, three States
In the Union maintain fish patrols of