4 THURSDAY. JUNE 13 1*57
THE EAGLE VERNONIA. ORE
THE LAKE STURGEON
Adaptec from ar. article by
Johr. Var Doster
Tht lake sturgeor is the giant
’ CHIT fresh-water fishes OI th,
species of sturgeor. found
ir. North America, this one.
wtuef. range* up tx- 314' pound
and attains a length, of over
sight fee: is considered to tn th,
most •enousiy
serious!! endangered
Ir.
the Grein Lakes rt has suffered
the greatest depletion of any one
the once-abundant varietie-
Sturgeon that art lounc in
Dm tec States
Th, Great Lake* Sturgeon likt
all Other sturgeon*, is a prim
itve fish
It ha* retained the
sartilagm.-us skeleton of its an
cestors
It is easily recognized
by its elongaied. cylindrical body
-.•verec part.'v by f;ve longituti.-
x.al rows of heavy, bony shield*
many disappear with age i and
by the numerous, inconspicuous,
spiny scales. The snout is coni
cal and flattened on the top Be-
rath it are four fleshy barbels
that are used to locate food on
the bottom
Behind them is a
protrusible. thick-lipped mouth
♦ capted for sucking up bottom
materials from which mollusks,
crayfish, insect larvae, worms
and other food items are strain
ed
The upper lobe of the tai)
like that> of a shark, is much
longer than the lower
The oldest lake sturgeon on
t.cord reached the age of 152
years when it was caught m 1953
in Lake of the W’oods It mea
sured 6 feet. 9 inches and weigh-
♦d 215 pounds It is astounding
to reflect that this ind.viduai
was hatched in 1801 and manag i
ed to escape the fishermen and
it* ememie* until 1955
In
a fiat which was m all pro-
babilit' even older than this»,
weighing Sift pounds and nwa
curing 7 feet 11 inches was tak-
<1 iron Lak, Michigan
Th, Jaki sturgeon may reach
I'tua maturity whei about 22
years old males may attain it
edr her
Spawning usually takes
place IF. May and Jun< either
tn th< larger rivers ar
or in the
shaliov water
the lakes
iargr f ema 1« may product 5IM
•’** egg- or more in on, season
Although once considered i
nuisanc, in th, commercial nets
th, Great Lakes sturgeon u unv
the highest priced fresh-waist
tiah on the market bringing the
tisherm m about SI.25 pet pound
Current profits
howevei
are
-ncons.-quent lai because of the
small i annua; production
The
recent average yearly take OT
1’nited State; and Canadian fish
v i n vei troni all of the Great
Lakes amounted to only 40 92(
pounds
which the former pro-
due Mi
150 pounds and the
iauet 26.670 pounds In earlier
- ear* (1679-1890 the combined
m Id averaged 6.358.300 pound
Ever since the early nineties this
r Mai production gradually de
timed until the fishers virtue?'
duiappearrd th, catch having
been reduced som, 99 4 per cem
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Thu tremendous redurtior took
place m ever* ont of th. Great
Lakes
A telling factor in the decline
nf the Great Lakes sturgeon wi
the deliberate efforts of the con.
merica. fishermen to wipe nut
th, species not only because it
hac nc>
nr market value in those
years, but primarily be-
ea
cause the monsters ripped and
tore the nets every time they
Later, when a
got mtr them
market developed for caviar and
smoked sturgeon the fishermen
constructed specia gear to take
greater quantities of these e.x
pensive fishes both mature anc
immature mdivi-
unfortunate!'
duals Spawners ana the young
were not given proper protection
until it was toe late to be very
effective i. Ever. tber. illega! fisr>-
inj. va- 1 sc- extensive that pro
lertivt measure* wer, of little
Early ana very destruc
avai.
w-ftshmg anc man-made
tlVf
changes m th* sturgeor ’* envir-
ontnent becam- important am
cimating tartars Among the lat-
ter pollution dredging anc dan
mint of those rivers usea lot
spawning were the most serious
No one can say with, assurane1
that the i cturgeor. populations of
the Great Lakes can be brought
back U norma, even if complete
protection is jrc’vioec by law
It it a weli-knowr bioiogica. fact
thaï I when a population i* redur
ed beyond a certain threshold
i* virtually imposs..bk to restu
The lake- sturgeon
reached this pou
tne Grei
he near
species prior
fact that n
years, more
adt/.hood maxes it obvious
a s.gmficar.t increase ir. p <pu;a-
tion would require more than
two decades, even if a big surviv
al of th? progeny was obtained
every year
However, the nor
mal survival of fishes in nature
is very small, and the female
sturgeon does not spawn every
year
The restoration
Lakes sturgeon is a
not hopeless task
tion is required
protection on both
international boundary and hea
vy stocking of fish beyond the
fry stage . suitable water seems
to b, the c r.ly method* t" which
it can be rescued from complete
t xterrnmation Sp.-radi: fish-cul-
rural effort* of the past have not
beer too sucreasful. and the spe-
cíes has never been reared be-
von fl the try stage
Reaearch it
needed U ove retimi these ob-
sta: les
Tht National Wildlife Fédéra
tion centered attention on tht
plight of tht Great Lake stur
geon and other endangered an-
mai. during Nationa Wiidlift
Wet-k last March This is a part
of its continuing educational pro
gran t< protect wildlife and otne:
naturai resources
For turthe’
information on endangers;
mais and the Tederatio
»trvation activities writs
National Wildlife Feders
flees at 232 Carroll Street
Washington D.C
•Dr Johr. Van Ooster
associated with fisherit
on the Great Lake.- for son« 3
years His work and many pub
i testions havt brought him
cognition a.- one of th, lead:
fisheries management authontie
ol tht countrs
YESTERDAYS
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cenliy how your social security
account stood
You mat’ have
noticed that the social security
number on your income tax with-
holding alip was wrong Or mav-
be a friend or neighbor has just
qualified for social security bene,
fits and a discussion with him
ha* started you to wondering
about your own social securitv
record
You’re entitled to ask for a
report fron th« Snc in Security
.-¿ministration telling y ou how
much has been reported to your
number Wes Sherman field re-
n-osenmtivi oi the Socio Secur
ty administration's
administration’s Portland
fice ha- a word of caution, how
eve r Hr states that such a re
port I will not show last year s
earnings until after July 1 at tht
earliest
Because of tht size of the re-
cord-keeping yob She-mar. com-
mentec that th, posting if wages
wiL always bt from six to nine
month* behind the actua. earn -
mgs of those wages The Socia.
Security administration suggests
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every thre; or four years, and. t-
make ttu* checking easy wii.
supply you with a post card font.
: - tnu purpose
If you scant
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FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. June 5. 1952
The high school board named
1 Eugene Dove for principal of the
high school to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of Warne
I Empey
A report on the recent sale of
poppies by the American Legion
auxiliary showed a total oi 1110.
60 taken in
Girls chosen to attend Girls
State at Salem June B to 15
were Faye M.llis, ^xmsored by
th, American Legion auxiliary;
Mildred Thacker. Rebekah iodg'
and Ora Mae Smith. V.F W aux
iliary and F L Girls
TEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. June 5. : m 7
The city council passed an or
dinance Monday night prohib.it-
mg both the sale and use of fire
works within the city limits
Vemoma was without a fire
chief due to the resignation of
Ck-ve Robertson Mayor George
Johnson was authoriz“d by the
council to interview applicants
for the job.
Vernoma was without power
E«> a.m. Tuesda
from
until
f a.m Wednesday due to a break
ir. the mam transmission
from Bonneville betv
Johns ana St Heiens
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
From. The Eagle June
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Charles A Thomas Jr . son of
Mr and Mrs Charles A Thomaa,
enlisted m the air force May 9
and was sent to Lackland Air
Base near San Antonio, Texas
for basic training which he com
pleted Jun- 5. He was then sect
to Chinook Air Base. Illinois fur
jet mechanic training
Friends will remember Charles
as the boy who was hotpitalizec
for so long with spinal injuries
after a fall from a tree while
picking cones in 1955
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DetVeere HersüUy moiortd
Portland last Saturday
V J. Short of Los Angile
a guest for a few
Robert Lindsay home
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BIRKEN'FELD — Robert Berg
fas been doing tons trapping
He ha* caught two coyotes arid a
bear
Ronnie Nordstrom came home
from college Saturday He will
remain home for a few days then
go to Vancouver. Washington to
work for the Bonneville admin
istration on field construction
Anna Hanberg went with Mrs
Ed Meier Donald and Glenn to
attend the wedding of Tommy
Wage of Jewell at Seaside last
week.
Mr and Mrs John Goodwin
and four children of Portland
visited with the Robert Bergs
Sunday. They also attended the
pioncer meeting
Mrs Winifred Huit and two
daughters of Horton, Oregon
came in to attend the pioneer
meeting Roger Berg, son of Mr
and Mrs RusseU Berg was also
here from Eugene where he has
been attending college He will
now go to his home at Fortuna, j
California
The next regular square dance
will be on Friday. June 14. at
Vic Berg s bam..
Lawrence Jepson is under treat
ment for a strep throat but is j
r.ot hospitalized.
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I evening wh*n the' attendee a
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Officja Newspaper at
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neer meeting at Birwer.teld H,
returned home., but Mrs.. Fenton
•rmuinec tot a visit with '-tends
Charles Thomas Taking
Jet Mechanic Training
Coyotes and Bear Are
Trapped by Robert Berg
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