﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CI 
  

  

  Towards 
  its 
  up])er 
  end, 
  it 
  gradually 
  grows 
  very 
  shallow 
  and 
  at 
  low 
  

   tide 
  leaves 
  a 
  large 
  mud 
  Hat; 
  at 
  high 
  tide 
  the 
  water 
  backs 
  up 
  iu 
  Paper 
  

   Mill 
  Creek 
  for 
  about 
  3 
  miles. 
  Paper 
  Mill 
  Creek 
  and 
  Olema 
  Creek 
  

   are 
  favorite 
  angling 
  resorts. 
  The 
  two 
  streams 
  are 
  much 
  alike, 
  but 
  the 
  

   former 
  is 
  larger. 
  Its 
  banks 
  from 
  tide 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  source 
  are 
  heavily 
  

   wooded, 
  keeping' 
  the 
  water 
  cool. 
  The 
  npper 
  half 
  has 
  considerable 
  fall 
  

   and 
  descends 
  over 
  rocky 
  cascades, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  places 
  that 
  fish 
  can 
  

   not 
  get 
  over. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  broad 
  and 
  quiet 
  pools 
  and 
  places 
  where 
  

   the 
  current 
  runs 
  through 
  narrow 
  channels 
  between 
  the 
  rocks; 
  there 
  

   are 
  also 
  broad 
  rittios 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  runs 
  over 
  gravelly 
  beds. 
  The 
  

   stream 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  ideal 
  spawning-ground 
  for 
  the 
  steelhead. 
  

  

  None 
  of 
  the 
  creeks 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  bay 
  becomes 
  dry 
  in 
  summer; 
  all 
  

   are 
  quickly 
  swollen 
  by 
  rains, 
  and 
  quickly 
  subside 
  again. 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Alexander 
  and 
  Scot! 
  eld 
  show 
  that 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  discontinuance 
  of 
  the 
  inquiries 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  salmon 
  

   planted 
  were 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  streams. 
  The 
  observations 
  showed 
  that 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  at 
  least 
  had 
  run 
  into 
  salt 
  water 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  probably 
  go 
  

   out 
  at 
  intervals 
  in 
  small 
  schools. 
  The 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  tish 
  in 
  the 
  

   streams 
  are 
  regulated 
  primarily 
  by 
  the 
  food 
  supply, 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  turn 
  

   maybe 
  affected 
  by 
  temperature 
  or 
  rains. 
  When 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  grows 
  

   short, 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  instinctively 
  move 
  downstream. 
  In 
  the 
  fresh 
  

   water 
  they 
  show 
  no 
  tendency 
  to 
  congregate 
  in 
  schools. 
  Their 
  numbers 
  

   in 
  any 
  given 
  locality 
  are 
  determined 
  by 
  how 
  many 
  the 
  place 
  will 
  

   accommodate 
  and 
  give 
  each 
  an 
  equal 
  chance 
  to 
  secure 
  its 
  food. 
  They 
  

   prefer 
  to 
  scatter 
  and 
  shift 
  for 
  themselves. 
  Young 
  salmon 
  in 
  tide 
  

   water, 
  especially 
  those 
  in 
  brackish 
  water, 
  seem 
  to 
  move 
  in 
  schools. 
  

  

  The 
  inquiries 
  indicated 
  that 
  the 
  salmon 
  are 
  not 
  preyed 
  on 
  by 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish 
  in 
  these 
  streams, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  caught 
  by 
  snakes 
  and 
  

   birds 
  must 
  be 
  very 
  small. 
  In 
  the 
  systematic 
  seining 
  done 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   specimens 
  for 
  comparison, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  taken 
  were 
  strong 
  and 
  

   robust, 
  and 
  ai^parently 
  no 
  place 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  better 
  suited 
  to 
  their 
  

   development. 
  The 
  few 
  fish 
  taken 
  in 
  salt 
  water 
  were 
  healthy-looking 
  

   and 
  had 
  been 
  eating 
  young 
  smelt; 
  there 
  are 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  young- 
  

   smelt 
  in 
  the 
  bay, 
  which 
  would 
  probably 
  form 
  suitable 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  

   salmon, 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  size 
  adapted 
  to 
  their 
  needs. 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  salmon, 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  fish 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  iu 
  these 
  streams. 
  This 
  fact, 
  combined 
  with 
  the 
  circumstance 
  

   that 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  so 
  well, 
  makes 
  it 
  an 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  determine 
  how 
  long 
  such 
  fish 
  will 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  streams. 
  A 
  person 
  

   stationed 
  at 
  Olema 
  can 
  easily 
  observe 
  the 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  

   named 
  from 
  their 
  source 
  to 
  salt 
  water. 
  To 
  get 
  the 
  best 
  results, 
  obser- 
  

   vations 
  should 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  year. 
  By 
  engaging 
  the 
  services 
  

   of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  attaching 
  a 
  minnow-seine 
  to 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  their 
  nets, 
  young 
  salmon 
  can 
  be 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  at 
  intervals 
  

   and 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  habits 
  in 
  salt 
  water 
  learned. 
  

  

  