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must consider also in addition to the foregoing certain other 

 factors such as the magnitude of the run, the average size of 

 the individuals which compose it, the color and richness of the 

 flesh, and similar well-recognized differences between red sal- 

 mon in different streams. These are too well known to need 

 special consideration here. 



The program, then, for the permanent handling of the 

 problem of the Pacific salmon will involve a survey of the 

 territory concerned, the assignment of a definite value to each 

 stream and each spawning ground, and the adjustment of con- 

 flicting interests so that the conservation of the important 

 natural fishery resource is not overlooked or neglected in the 

 development of commercial enterprises or in the subjugation 

 of the wilderness to the purposes of settlers. It is of equal 

 importance also to guard the fish against exploitation by 

 fishery interests which are over-anxious for the profits of the 

 present and forgetful of the general public concern for the 

 continuance of the suply on which indeed the perpetuation 

 of the industry is no less clearly dependent. 



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Babcock, John P. 



1914. The spawning beds of the Fraser. Report, Commissioner of 

 Fisheries, Province of British Columbia, for 1913, pp. 17-38. 

 (Also later papers in same publication.) 

 EvERMANN, Barton W. 



1897. A report upon salmon investigations in the headv*raters of the 

 Columbia River, in the State of Idaho, in 1895, together 

 with notes upon the fishes observed in that State in 1894 

 and 1895. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. XVI, 

 pp. 151-202. 

 Gilbert, Charles H. 



1914. Contributions to the life history of the sockeye salmon. (No. 1.) 

 Appendix, Report, Commissioner of Fisheries, Province of 

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 Jordan, David Starr, and Barton W. Evermann. 



1902. Common Atlantic salmon. In American Food and Game 



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