THE . OttEQOM
TO PRESERVE THE LIFE
' THAT FILLS THE SEAS
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International Fisheries Congress Considers Conserrat Ion
of the Food of One Fourth of the Human Fain
, ily Strange and Interesting Facts. .
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Df FREDERIC J. HA8KIIC.
Copyright. HOI. by rrdrl 3. Ilaskta.)
Washington, Sept M. -Tbs fourth ln
ternatlonal fisheries congress la l"w
meeting. In Washington, on tha Invita
tion or tha American Flaharlaa society,
and It haa brought togthr most of tha
leading flah oulturiata of tha world It
haa bean aatlmatad that thara la enough
food In tha watara of tha world to aup
port tha antlra human raoa, but wera It
Jiot for tha timely Interposition of tha
flah culturlata many of tha treat food
fiahe would era thla have aJmoat dla
appeared. becauaa without artificial
propagation tha demand muat hav
overreached tha aupply. .
Flah culture alma to creata enough
Intereat ao that wa will not have to
touoh the prlnoipal. It aaelca to have
tha annual crop of flah large enough ao
mat tb years caicn will leave mran
making of leather from flah aklna will
be a more general custom In tha future
then it baa been In 'the past. Porpoise
MHa la aaM tn ' tha finest of aU
lealhera fur shoes, one pair made from
It outlaatina- .three of calfskin or kid.
Tha leather Ik worth from II to 14 a
found, but one pound la enough to make
hrea pairs of shoes. Some few frog
aklna are tanned, though not In ouan-
tltlea to make them of commercial 1m
Dortanca.
Tha number .of fish that awtm tha
aeaa la beyond ejillmate. Even tha
number of apeclea is ao great aa to be
wall nigh unbelievable. In the waters
seed to bring forth art
the succeeding year.
equivalent crop
It (a to consider
pensea
ldeaa
waya and means for attaining thla and
mora completely than haa heretofore
been possible that tha fisheries congress
haa convened.
Tha United Statea government haa
recognised the congreaa by the appro
prlatlon of 'money to defray tha
i oi me meeting, ana in aw
nf flah rli II lira which will be
brought from the enda of- tha earth will
f ive an lmpetua to tne acience nere, u
hough the whole world concedes that
the United Rtat.a la far ahead of any
other country tn the work. There will
bo discussions of every phase of tha
fishing industry. Minions or oouars
are lost every year becauaa of tha waate
of flaheriea. Millions mora are
lost annuolly by defective methods
of handling, preparing and preserving
the catch. The oongress will
solve these nrohlema. We
lous amounts could be added to Uncle
8am a already large holdings If unowi
edae of fish culture could be widely die
semlnated. so the question of the estab
lishment or rishery schools win do con
alrinred. All of the nanera and In for
mal discussions of the congreaa will be
published, thus bringing together Into
one volume all the beet and newest
ldeaa of the world on fiah culture.
Tbe acyateHes of Tlshdom.
try
Wealth In fabu
to
things that will engage
s.rvln
of the
for
will be
or the best methods of ob-
the habits and recording tne
congress
rises foi
the attention
a competition
Perhaps one of the moat Interesting
he
firli
nsr
life history of fish. Much as the fiah
rulturlst knows about flahes, it la next
to nothing aa compared with what he
does not know. He knows that tha sal
mon ccrme Into fresh water to spawn,
and hen die. - But the young salmon go
out to oca and are lost ror a long time.
Where they go no man knows, for they
have never been sighted at sea except
when they are headed ror tne snore.
The shad a member of the herring
family goes to aea after spawning, ana
i seldom aeen close to shore. The cod
fish come back the year after they first
put in their appearance; hut after that
they are aeen no more. Where do they
?o? What do they eat? Do they call
resh water their home and sport Idly
about In the boundless ocean? There
are a hundred' mysteries about fish life
into which the fish scientist would like
to have a peep. How are they to get at
It? That is the question the congress
is to answer.
Tba IUb Tag; B-rparlrnenfc.
The bureau of fisheries did make an
experiment with cod In an attempt to
. slve the mystery. They tagged 4,000
cod a few yeare ago and advertised the
fact widely, wun mt request mat wno
soever came across one of these tagged
fish should advise the bureau, giving
the date of catch, the location, the
weight and condition of the fish, and
other Information. The newspapers made
a 'eat urn or tne story, ana soon tne
whole fishing world was on the lookout
' for tagged cod. Some were caught and
the catch promptly reported. Some who
caught them turned them loose again.
In one Instance the tag passed through
a dozen hands from the catcher, to the
consumer without discovery, and was
returned to the bureau by tha latter.
Not more than 4 per cent of the tags
were ever heard from, and no tagged
fish ever showed iid later than the first
year after It was liberated. Thev drift
ed widely. Some which were liberated
on the same day and at the stme place
were caught hundreds of miles apart.
One fish was found 33 miles on a bee
line from the point at which it was re
leased, only two days after It was set
free. While some wandered widely
apart, others kept Closely together.
Pish JVeathar; Sand Eaters.
In the utilization of the waste pro
ducts of fisheries it Is probable that the
of tha Atlantlo ocean, from Greenland
to Panama alone, there are over 1,100
different kinds of flah. Tha law of e
lection la nowhere ao atronalv in evl
denoe as In marina Ufa. i Tha sole, ac
customed to lyln on Ita aids, baa de
veloped both eyes on one aide of the
head.. Tha great class of squirts
have eyes In their younger daya, but
When thav reach tha adult aLala and
thereafter remain ImmAvahl tluaa avaa
disappear, in tan also disappears aa
soon aa they quit traveling.
Soma marina creature have a rather
precarious existence. Tha lug worm
frets us sustenano by eating sand, and
naarauch as there la not much nourish
ment in this kind of food It haa to
eat jots or It As many aa 12.000 casts
of sand from lug worms hava been
round on a single acre of ground
ijuivaiani to X.UUU tons. '
The law of natural selection shows
up forcibly In tho fertility of flahes.
Tha onea whlnh -rm vnM4 tu M
. - . . K. H wa.vww IU IUVDI
dancers are tha mnai nmitri mn ih.
ones which meet with the fewest perils
mwm tne least proline. rpr Instance,
atlmated that but one shad out
pr 100 ever aurvlves to lend Itself to
the perpetuation of tha apeclea, henco
a female a had may lay 1.000,000 eggs
v.u....K ,r me. un the other hand,
cannibal flahes and turtles, which ent
counter but few dangers, lay but a
man numoer or eggs.
Tb Past of the Dogfish.
. y"" yi worst enemies of tho
00 f'ah of the Atlantlo coast Is tha
?"" inese marine pirates travel
in vast schools and eat wholesome flah
by the mllllona. All sorts of methods
nave been recommended for checking
their ravages. Some one wrote to tha
Canadian government advising that a
bells and bright-colored bunting to their
bodies by means of wire nm ihmn.h
--.I. k A d6-f"h o decorated
would be a terror la hi.
?i.ln try,"S" . Indulge his social In
stinct would drive his fellows to the
enda of tha sea. The Canadian govern
ment replied that the effect intent be
the same on the food fish, so the sug
gestion found a pigeon hole.
Transplanting- Tish.
One Of the moat lntr.aHn
l 'JlV0.1 of the United States bureau
pf fisheries is the Introducing of fish
Into other than their native waters, and
the brining of foreign fish Into Ameri
can waters. a most noteworthy in
stance of its success In this direction
was the acclimatization nf tha ,!,.,
and atriped bass on the Pacific coast.
The cost of the transfer v nni
15,000. and the annual mir-v.
amounts to 30.000.000 nminri vol,..
at $1,000 000. The bureau Is meeting
with gratifying success in transferlng
the Atlantic lobster to the Pacific, also
the Pacific salmon tn the
New England and the middle- Atlantic
Biaia. ii was at one time proposed
to Introduce marina Ufa Inin tU ar,
Salt Lake of Utah. It was claimed by
iiiuyuiiciiu oi ine scneme tnat u
would be easy to acclimatize marine
nshes in the lake, but when fish cul
turlsts came to Investigate the ques
tion they found the waters too salty
The experiments of the bureau In
rattening for market have been a suc
cess, and the luscious Lynnhaven is
going to be more Juicy than ever. It is
making exhaustive experiments In the
direction of artificially hatching the
eggs of the diamond back terrapin and
the green turtle, and rearing the young
to the point where they are able to
steer clear of the perils of the deep.
Everybody who lm a iiomnnj xi.
taste and a common herring income
is praying for the success of the ex
periments. The infonflnh r.f
j vuumiiiinaim warer is oeing investi
gated, and effort nr hcin. .ji .
, ' ' ' O ..ICMJIC il.
uvvniup tne growing sponges from cuttings.
Flah Thraa and One-third Miles Sown.
It has been estimated that one-fourth
of the world s diet la fish. Of courso
ucn. a proportion Is too laree for th
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people of such countries as the United
States, but tKe great amount of fish
eaten by the inhabitants of seafaring
countries, and those living on tho
islands of the sea would probably make
co.i.aic iiubo 10 ine trutn. The
annual catch of fish for the world is
estimated to be in the neighborhood
of 10.000,000.000 pounds, making 4
allowance for fish stories, valued at
about 1300.000,000. The United State
.-.. in. i m me vaiue or its fisheries,
iw.t. an"u.aJ catch amounting to one
fifth of that of the whole world
, A?,,L"t,jr.est!n W0Tk. th-- bureau
8ilel,e" th.9 etudy of marine
lire. It haa two steamers on the high
Ull Investigating the mysteries of the
aeen. One of thea tha iik.i,...
bJ"Kht UP live fishes from a depth of
u a. u,n9 iiuies. it was with
apparatus loanp tn th tt a a xr'
by the Albatross that the deepest hols
in the ocean was found. It Is off the
laland Of Guam and la .1 mil...
deep enough to bury Mount Everest,
the hlgheat peak of the world with
room for a ooverlna- of a half mil. nt
water,
NEW TEMPERANCE
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(Siwcial Dtepatrh to Tha Jonrnil.)""
OtUwa, Qntrf Sept. 23. Many sub
jects ef Importance are slated to re
ceive attention at the fifth session of
in general synod of th Ancllaan I
church, which opened in this city today
with delegates In attendance from all ,
parts of Canada. Among th motions
to be voted upon Is one proposing a re
vision of the Canadian prayer-book. !
Anuinrr is to tne enrol tnat no Cana- I
dlan edition of th book of common j
prayer b Issued at present, but that 1
an edition with special services b la-1
sued for the clergy. Still another mo-.
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lower houses of th ayaod sit together, .
but vote separately.
Much interest cntara In tha rel
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peranc. Th committee on temper- j
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literal for a miner to enter a bar wnerv 1
Intoxicant are sold, tb shortening f
hour of sale by local option, and that '
full ad rant are R taken, whra nrar-ti-1
cable, of th adoption and enf rarcment i
of local option un4er tb rreeent license I
law. Th advisability will bo discussed I
of InTitlna the coooeratlon of rhnn-hu!
of other denosBtnatkMis in furtherlns
tnnra reform work and tn promoting
legislation for obcts of common. In-
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