Morning Oregonian., December 19, 1906, SECOND EDITION, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1906.
NURSERIES FOR
THE SALMON FRY
Master Fish Warden Doubts
Utility of Coddling Lit
Cle Fellows.
WILLING TO EXPERIMENT
Believes, However, That Weight of
Authority Is Opposed to Scheme
for Keeping Infant CJii
nooks in Confinement.
To ascertain whether tlm retention of
salmon fry at Columbia River state hatch
eries a longer time than haa been prac
'.Ired In the past would save the young
ish fmm predatory enemies, on account
of the larger size they would attain. Maw
tor Fish Warden Van Dusen has been
seeking the opinions of experts. Opposed
to the proposed new plan are the opinions
of George Ar. Bowers, Commissioner of
the t'nited States Bureau of Fisheries,
and John P, Babcock, Commissioner of
Fisheries of the Province of British Co
lumbia, who have written their views to
Mr. Van Pusen at his request.
It is alleged that many of the salmon
fry turned out of the hatcheries, being not
more than lVa inches long, fall prey to
other fish, and that if they should be re
tained in nursery ponds until having at
tained a length of from four to six inches,
a larger percentage of them would be
saved, to return as adult fish.
Holding to this view, John I. Riseland,
Kis-h Commissioner for the Srate of Wash
ington, in his latest biennial report has
recommended the establishment of nur
sery ponds. Another advocate of the new
plan l H. P. Hume, pioneer salmon cul
turist and canner of Rogue River, who
maintains that Rogue River's good supply
of salmon has been kept up by this
method.
Proved on the Columbia.
Numerous fiahmen of tho Columbia
River hold to the nursery idea, alleging
that as Columbia River hatcheries have
turned out an average of 35.000,00 fry
annually for the last ten years, and less
than 2,000.000 annually have been caught,
while in the lat two years the hatcheries
have been able to secure few adult seed
fish, there must be a waste in the devour
ing of fry by preying fish. .
It Is cited, in confirmation of this view,
that many large fish have been caught
with salmon fry in their stomachs, and
that since catfish, black bass and carp
have been planted In Columbia River wat
ers, the dcstri'Alon of esalmon fry has in
creased. The question is one on which there is di
vergence of opinion, however, as is evi
denced by the letters to Mr. Van Dusen,
fronV Mr. Bowers and Mr. Babcock. The
judgment of these authorities is that feed
ing of young salmon In nursery ponds is
unnatural restraint and is deleterious to
the fish; also that the fry do not need the
protection of the ponds, after having shed
the yolk, sac and assumed the form of
fish, more than an inch long, because of
their agility in eluding enemies and be
cause they swim about only at night, re
maining in hiding as much as possible in
the day.
Van Pusen Must He Shown.
Mr. Van Dusen has reached the con
clusions of Mr. Bowers and Mr. Ban
cock, though he is quitd willing to see
n test made of the nursery method. He
says he can have the tests made at
each of the Oregon state hatcheries, ex
cept that at Ontario, which is not
placed for such work.
Both Mr. Bowers and Mr. Babcock
censure the overfishing that has been
practiced in the Columbia river, as
a dangerous menace to the recurring:
supply of salmon.
"There was an increased ratch of
salmon on the Columbia in 1905." says
Bowers, "but it was made at the ex
pense of the futuro supply. The pros
pects of filling the hatcheries the pres
ent season (1906) arc very discourag
ing." The salmon industry on the- Co
lumbia is very seriously menaced at
the present time, first, by the curtail
ment of the already too brief closed
season; second, by the erection of im
passable dams, where the salmon are
wont to ascend for spawning purposes;
and. lastly, by the unrestricted opera
tions of fishing devices, which are un
necessarily destructive.
"Unless steps are taken at once to
permit a sufficient number of fish to
ascend the streams to stock the hatch
eries now beins operated, the industry
will soon be destroyed or become of
minor importance.
"The unfavorable outcome of the
work (hatchery) in was attributed
by the Bureau to the -action of the
state authorities in permitting' unre
stricted fish ins during the spawning
season, the salmon having no protection
whatever during their ascent to the
spawning; grounds."
Babeock Gives His "Views.
Existing evils, says Babcock, will not
be remedied 'by the feeding of young
salmon. In this connection he proceeds
to remark:
For a period beginning In 1SD7 and continu
ing for four years, the bureau made very ex
haustive lnveUsations at its Pacific Coast sta
tions as to the habits of young salmon, the
original object of which was to determine at
what age It Is best to release young from the
hatcheries. As a result of these Investigations
It was decided that they should be deposited
soon after the absorption, of the yolk sac and
that they should not be released In the head
waters of the streams late in the Spring.
Many other conclusions were also reached in
the course of these Investigations and a great
deal was learned regarding the habits of the
young fish.
The fry drift down stream tail first, travel
ing mostly at night and averaging about 10
mile a day. On reaching the ocean they are
from four to five months old. A few of the
younger fry remain in the headwaters all
Summer, 'which l deleterious on account of the
slow growth attained. The food of the young
salmon at all places and seasons is Insects,
larvae or adult.
Upon the conclusion of these investigations
In lfH'2 the superintendents of the various
I'acltlc Coast stations were instructed to plant
the young salmon Just before or at about the
time of the absorption of the yolk Bac.
You, of course, appreciate the fact that it
would be utterly Impracticable for the bureau
to consider the rearing of any more than a
small percentage of the salmon hatched at Its
stations. The feeding of young salmon will
not remedy existing evils on the Columbia
River, and the charge that tho planting of
fry Is not beneficial does not hold good, as
proven by the results obtained in the State of
California, where salmon receive full protec
tion during the spawning season.
The run of fish there has steadily increased
for a number of years and In the season of
lft05 the bureau collected on the tributaries of
the Sacramento River 103.000,000 eggs and
might have taken 50.000.000 more had there
been facilities for hatching them.
. Greed of the Fishermen.
Mr. Babcock, in mentioning: the de
struction waged upon salmon by greedy
fisheries, says:
I have never known any one who was com
mercially interested in the salmon fisheries
who favored an adequate protective law as
long as thre was any prospect of his making
money, under existing conditions. When he
cries out for greater protection from his own
methods you may be sure that the end is
near; that he has had more than one un
profitable season; that the hen that laid his
golden eggs Is nearly exhausted, her eggs
smalt and far between. So long as such mn
can make money they will oppose any really
rwtrlcMve measure, and will find some ex
cuse other than excessive fishing for the de
cline in their catch. "The run is late."
"There are not enough hatcheries." "The
hatcheries are not properly conducted." "The
hatchery men muct feed their fry; but the
fishery Interests must be permlttfd to fish
with gill nets, traps. Wheels or pfjuaes early
and late these are familiar cries to me. Their '
falHlty. however, having been proved, they
have no effect.
I believe in protecting the fish to the end
that sufficient numbers reach the natural
spawning grounds every season, and are un
disturbed while there; in the establishment and
maintenance of hatcheries, following In their
operation as closely as possible the footsteps
of nature. I believe that as long as there re
main natural spawning beds In the Columbia,
there should be such laws enacted as would
insure a sufficient number of spawning fish
to reach and property seed them. So long as
there are such beds it is folly to say that their
natural seeding is unnecessary provided we
have hatcheries enough, for how can ckk.i be
collected for hatching if the nh are not al
lowed to pass the avaricious fisherman In suf
ficient numbers to provide eggs at the collect
ing stations?
It would seem untenable for any one fa
miliar with the Industry to assert that the
former runs were maintained by tho fish
which spawned on the limited beds from
which you now are obliged to confine your
efforts In the collection of eggs. It is gen
erally recognized by salmon culturlsts, and
should be recognized by all others, that tne
hatcheries have taken the place of the for
mer natural spawning beds. The trouble
with the salmon runs of the Columbia like
those of many other rivers on the Coast
is excessive fishing and the destruction of
the natural Bpawnlng grounds, and not tho
mismanagement of the hatcherlen or the
planting of fry Instead of flngerllngs.
Restored on Sacramento.
The salmon of the Sacramento have been
restored to that river and are being main
tained by the planting of fry reared In
hatcheries maintained on Its tributaries.
The same Is true of Eel River in California.
Very few linperlings were ever planted In
the Sacramento River and none in the Eel
River.
As to Quinault salmon, Babcock has
drawn the following conclusions, "from
my own experience and a critical study
of the best authorities on the subject;"
1. Alexins (young salmon that "have not
absorbed the yolk sac) should not Be liber
ated, from hatchery supervision.
2. Alevins have the instinct and strength
to find shelter in swift water provided shel
ter is accessible.
3. Alevins are destroyed by trout and
other predaceous fishes in great numbers.
4. Fry (young salmon that have ab
sorbed the yolk sac) begin their down
stream migration Just as soon as the yolk
sac is absorbed; travel mostly at night In
clear wat-sr. and all the time In high and
muddy water.
5. Fry are active, strong and Bhy, more
so than trout.
6. Fry are not caught by trout or other
predaceous fishes in fresh water.
7. Fry grow slowly in fresh water, rap
idly in salt water.
8. Fry should be liberated just as soon
as the yolk sac Is absorbed, which is usual
ly at a time that they may take advan
tage of the freshets and muddy water.
9. Fry nhould not be held in the hatchery
simply for the purpose of allowing them to
grow larger before liberation, because the
only food that can be provided there is un
natural; and by detention they may miss the
Spring floods which largely assist their
Journey to the sea; they are also, rendered
more subject to gastric parasites and are
liable to precocious generative development
In the case of males.
10. Fry In fresh water feed exclusively
on flies- and miniature insects, which they
find in abundance early in the year.
Quotes Government Expert.
Babcock quotes extensively from a re
port of Cloudsley Rutter on his studies
of salmon under the title, "Natural His
tory of the Qulnnat Salmon," published
in 1902, in the bulletin of tho . United
States Fish Commission. Rutter Is a
graduate of Stanford University and a
trained ichthyologist who spent six years
at spawning stations and hatcheries.
"He not only made valuable sugges
tions," said Babcock, "which have ma
terially increased the efficiency of the
hatcheries, but gave us the result of his
careful observations of the life of the
young, so that there Is no longer any
doubt as to the time in the life of the
hatchery-propagated quinnat when it
should be liberated."
Babcock says In part:
In bis summary of the general results of
his years of study Rutter writes:
Alevins have many enemies In the streams;
fry but few. Fry begin feeding and com
mence their down-stream migration as "soon
as the yolk Is absorbed and they are able
to swim. The fry drift down stream tall
first, traveling mostly at night and average
about ten miles a day. A few of the later
Winter fry? about 10,000 to the mile In the
Upper Sacramento, remain In the headwaters
all Summer, which Is deleterious on account
of slow growth."
In nls detailed account "he gives some in
teresting experiments Illustrative of the in
stinct of the alevin to seek shelter and lis
early ability to do so. He gives one instance
where 6O.000 alevins were liberated on a
very swift riffle In the Sacramento River 200
yards above a quiet pool. The riffle was
shallow, at no place over a foot deep, but so
swift as to make It almost impossible for a
person to stand. The alevins ail found shel
ter before they were carried a third of tho
distance to the pool. On visiting the riffle
a day later none could be found much over
a hundred yards below the place of planting
and none were found in the pool below,
which was seined thoroughly. All bad found
sheltered places and had ceased to move
down with the current.
Another illustration of the power of the
alevin In given where "during a freshet at
the California State hatchery at Eel River
a thick sediment of sand was washed into
the hatching troughs and came bo fast that
the alevins. Just hatched, were, unable to
keep it from settling. It covered the bottom
of the troughs to a depth of two Inches, be
coming hard and compact. The alevins, in
stead of being covered, were found above the
cement-like deposit, and none of them had
been lost.
From, an interesting line of experiments
Rutter conclusively shows the extent to
which the destruction of alevins in open
streams by trout and other predaceous fishes
has proceeded, and therefore concludes that
young salmon should never be planted until
the yolk sac has entirely disappeared ad
their swimming power has been fully devel
oped, even though they have to be fed a
few days. There is no advantage In holding
them after that time.
On Planting' tho Fry.
On the planting of fry from the hatch
ery we have this:
"When fry are liberated In running water,
they immediately head up stream and try to
stem the current. . . . Some even move
a few yards above the place of planting be
fore they come to rest. On training quieter
water they rest themselves, moving only
enough to keep from drifting down stream.
When In euch position they begin feeding on
any particles of food that float within their
vision, often snapping viciously at insects
half as large as themselves. In a small stream
there is no marked tendency of the fry to
form schools, each appearing to act inde
pendently; but in a large stream, and es
pecially in the large pools, they often swim
about in schools. It appears, too from our
observations on the Sacramento that they run
in schools after gaining the main: river in
their migration to the sea, .... The
movement (down stream), though marked dn
the daytime is more general at night. x . . .
Muddy waters hasten the movement down
stream as does also high water, which is
usually muddy, f. . . In Hatchery Creek,
In Marlon County, California, 150.000 fry ten
weeks old (from the egg) were released. They
gradually scattered downstream, floating tail
first. In four or five days they were about
evenly distributed along the creek for lj miles
below the hatchery. At the end of that time
a net (fyke) with a 10-inch circular mouth
was placed dn the current in the daytime with
the mouth up -stream. In one hour 30 or 40
fry were caught. This illustrates well the de
cided movement downstream after planting.
Speaking of the fresh water enemies of
salmon fry he states that 855,000 young
salmon were planted in the streams of
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Marin County. Cal., in 1S97, after having
been kept in the hatchery until the yolk
sac was absorbed, and they had begun
to feed. In order to determine to what
extent they were preyed upon by other
fishes of the streams, large numbers of
trout and a few sculplns were caught
and examined, being the only fish in tho
streams that could be suspected of eat
ing salmon fry.
Xone Katen by Trout.
Beglnnipr at the time the plants were made
and continuing for three weeks, 30 or 40
trotit ranKlng from 6 to 10 Inchea in length
were daily caught and examined. In not one
instance had a salmon been eaten. Of the
sculplns. only 23 of a size large enough to
eat a-salmon fry were caught. None of these
had eaten any fish of any kind.
In 1808. after the young salmon planted
that year had absorbed the yolk eac, a number
of trout were caught and examined. None
were found to have eaten salmon fry. On
one occasion a small pool eigtit feet across
and about 18 inches deep was seined. Over
UK young salmon were caught, averaging 2.1
inches in length. Along with them about a
dozen trout from 6 to 8 inches long were
taken. It would seem that if ever trout ate
young salmon it would be here. These trout
were examined and it was found they had
eaten only caddis larvae and periwinkles.
On the upper Sacramento River he says he
has examined many trout taken while the
stream was full of small salmon fry. but
never found that they had eaten young salmon.
The same is the case with the oculpln and
those arc the only tishes to , be feared in the
upper Sacramento. Further down stream many
of the small Sacramento pike, have been ex
amined, but none of them were guilty of eat
ing young salmon.
Rutter says:
A young salmon is very active and strong
and much, more shy than even a trout of the
same size; after It has begun to swim about
and feed it is perfectly able to take care of
Itself; and the number killed by enemies in
the Sacramento is very small.
'I know of no reason why the destruction of
young salmon in the Columbia should be
greater than in the Sacramento."
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Hirths.
ADAMS To tho wife of C. T. Adams, at
464 East Thirteenth street, December 14, a
eon.
RAMSAY To the wife of David Ramsay, at
30 East Twelfth street, December 1, a son.
RKICHLE To the wife of Paul Relchle, at
626 Bast Lincoln street, December 12. a daugh
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414 Harrison street, December 14, a son.
SARIN To the wife of William W. Sahln.
at 852 East Eleventh street, December 14, a
son.
STEUNKR To the wife of S. C. Steuner.
at 84 West Park street, December 4, a daugh
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821 Kast Eighteenth street, December 10, a
daughter.
Dp VOE To the wife of Archie De Voe. at
378 East Thirteenth street, December 11, a
son.
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DBWEY-TOPUFF Morris M. Dewey, Port
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. BIACKMAN-CUMMINGS Albert Blackman,
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TDR.VER-RTAS-W. B. Turner, Portland.
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BREDENSTEIN-REICH Alonzo Breden
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arson to defraud an insurance company.
was arrested In Dos Moines todav
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