﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  137 
  

  

  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  interest 
  lias 
  been 
  lieigliteued 
  by 
  the 
  success 
  which 
  has 
  

   attended 
  the 
  experiments 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  Delaware 
  I'ivers 
  during- 
  

   the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  In 
  July, 
  1895, 
  the 
  writer, 
  while 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  

   made 
  some 
  inquiries 
  regarding 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  

   during 
  the 
  i)revi()us 
  months. 
  The 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  hiw 
  i>rohibitiug 
  the 
  

   retention 
  of 
  salmon 
  accidentally 
  caught 
  in 
  Hudson 
  K'iver 
  prevented 
  

   the 
  ascertainment 
  of 
  thorough 
  knowledge 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  

   in 
  that 
  stream, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  

   is 
  increasing 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Hudson 
  will 
  in 
  time, 
  under 
  proper 
  restric- 
  

   tions, 
  be 
  a 
  self-sustaining 
  salmon 
  river. 
  About 
  twenty 
  salmon 
  from 
  

   New 
  York 
  Bay, 
  having 
  an 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  12 
  jujunds, 
  and 
  twelve 
  from 
  

   pound 
  nets 
  on 
  tlie 
  northern 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  reached 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  market 
  in 
  June. 
  A 
  few 
  were 
  also 
  received 
  from 
  Peconic 
  Bay, 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  The 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  Delaware 
  River 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  noteworthy. 
  The 
  

   Philadelphia 
  Ledr/er 
  of 
  May 
  30 
  reported 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  pi-evious 
  week 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  salmon 
  were 
  caught 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  spawning- 
  grounds 
  

   in 
  the 
  shad 
  nets 
  between 
  Chester 
  and 
  Delaware 
  Water 
  Gap. 
  These 
  

   fish 
  were 
  grilse 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  X)lant 
  of 
  00,000 
  fry 
  in 
  1890. 
  

   The 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  taken 
  was 
  from 
  9 
  to 
  15 
  pounds. 
  At 
  nearly 
  

   every 
  fishery, 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  or 
  more 
  fish 
  were 
  caught 
  and 
  readily 
  sold 
  at 
  

   75 
  cents 
  to 
  $1 
  a 
  pound. 
  The 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  law 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  nets 
  for 
  salmon 
  made 
  it 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  from 
  the 
  fishermen 
  an 
  

   accurate 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  taken. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  deC. 
  Kaveuel, 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  Hon. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Ford, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  that 
  fully 
  300 
  salmon 
  were 
  caught 
  

   in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1895. 
  

  

  Rainhoic 
  trout. 
  — 
  This 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   Coast 
  has 
  been 
  successfully 
  acclimatized 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  State 
  east 
  of 
  

   the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  has 
  attained 
  noteworthy 
  

   prominence 
  as 
  a 
  game 
  and 
  food 
  fish. 
  In 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  artificial 
  pro[)a- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  A. 
  Seagle, 
  superintendent 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  station 
  at 
  Wytheville, 
  Va., 
  corre- 
  

   spondence 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  is 
  published 
  from 
  Avhich 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes 
  are 
  abstracted. 
  Similar 
  references 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  numerous 
  

   other 
  States, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  the 
  notes 
  given 
  will 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  show 
  

   the 
  general 
  adaptability 
  of 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  to 
  the 
  colder 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  rapid 
  growth 
  and 
  i)roj)agation 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  its 
  

   superior 
  game 
  qualities, 
  and 
  its 
  value 
  as 
  food. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  D. 
  Noel, 
  of 
  Lebanon, 
  Mo., 
  wrote 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  April 
  7, 
  1890, 
  

   that 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  planted 
  about 
  twelve 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  Bennett's 
  

   Spring 
  (which 
  flows 
  into 
  Neaugua 
  River) 
  have 
  increased 
  to 
  a 
  wonder- 
  

   ful 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   caught 
  8 
  miles 
  above 
  and 
  25 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  spring 
  branch. 
  Mr. 
  Noel 
  

   states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  gamiest 
  fish 
  they 
  have, 
  that 
  it 
  takes 
  the 
  fly 
  more 
  

   readily 
  than 
  any 
  bait, 
  and 
  that 
  for 
  eating 
  qualities 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  eciualed 
  by 
  

   any 
  fresh-water 
  fish. 
  

  

  