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months later, in September or early
October. when they have grown to
212 inches in length. and just that
much better able to get along.
Nowadays the majority of clubs
that are interested in stocking Their
preserves want fingerling fish rather
than the fry. The loss in rearing
these fry in ponds is relatively small.
and a game club that receives some
$4,000 trout fry may raise an excess
Of 10000 of them to the lingering
stage In this way the club in ques
tion has available for distribution in
its own waters a much larger stock
than is possible in any other way.
Our output of eggs, fry and fish
exceeds $500, 900. 900 in the last two
years. and this work is maintained in
our 20 main and sub fish cultural sta
tions scattered over the United States
and in Alaska"
X x
MACkEREL is fish that is con,
sidered the prize mystery of the
deep, according to Gerald Fitzgerald,
fisheries engineer of the Bureau of
Fisheries. Fish have fins and tails
with which they can come and go as
they please. . An there amt no
body can tell you anythin different
about mack 'rill" was q statement
from a recent issue of fishery jour
nal. and. according to Mr. Fitzgerald,
this illustrates the present state of
information as to the MGR tory hab-
it's of this elusive denizen of DaVy
Jones locker.
;.r~,+ 80,
Quoted by the Bureau Of FISHERIES,
under the supervision of +. Q. Sette,
assistant in charge OF the division of
fishery industries. on board vessels
using gill nets and also those US .hg
purse SeineS, and an article has just
appeared in the Fishing Gazette, in
which Mr.. Fitzgerald recountS his
experiences aboard the Sunapee- Net
ter" on d trip made this past May.
He states that work is now being
done on the mackerel by number of
governments of different countries,
and it is hoped that with the addi.
tional knowledge furnished by sci
ence. actual benefit To fishermen win
result According to an editorial in
the same magazine the life history
of the mackerel family has always
been one of natures biggest myster-
les We have some Is species in our
own waters, and these are what iS
known as "pelagiC," roaming the
oceans in great schools and covering
long distance in their yearly wander
ingS.
Little is known of the habits or
breeding or even the Whereabouts of
the mackerel during the long periods
of its total disappearance from coastal
waters" says the Fishing Gazette.
lit appears as il by magic in the
Springtime from the South and then
disappears mysteriously in the Fall
of the year.
"An through the Winter months it
is entirely unseen and where, the
mackercl host congregates during the
cold season is a matter concerning
which there has been the most un-
limited speculation. One of the most
perpleXing things about the mackerel
is that the young are never seen. All
the specimens taken by fishermen are
in a condition to spawn or not far
from it. 1t seems then that the min
nows of the species hold alCof from
the coast, schooling in some unknown
depth or within some tropical current
until maturity bids them seek the
shore"
Because the abundance of mackerel
varies enormously over q period of
years. and this, of course, affects the
commercial fishermen whose liveli-
hood depends on an accurate predic-
ton of the quantity of fish to be
caught the next season, long and
laborious study of the mackerel
habits must be undertaken through q
number of years.
The Bureau of Fisheries is tagging
live fish, which are then released, and
later capture of these specimens will