on the Columbia river and in the state of Oregon, 

 Mr. A. H. Dlnsmore was placed in charge of the 

 Baker Lake and auxiliary stations. 



Mr. Dinsmore has certainly naade good and has 

 at all times endeavored to take all the spawn 

 poKslble in all of the streams tributary to the 

 Skagit river. Besides looking out for the Baker 

 Lake station he has located small stations on 

 other tributaries to the Skagit river and after 

 eyeing out the spawn so taken has shipped the 

 same to the station at Birds View. Mr. Dins- 

 more has at all times been very active In every- 

 thing pertaining to the benefit of the ftshing in- 

 dustry of Piiget sound and certainly deserves all 

 the praise that has been given him. 



The state of Washington has eleven hatcheries 

 on streams tributary to the Puget Sound, but none 

 of these plants handle the spawn of the Sockeye 

 salmon as Sockeye only frequent the Fraser and 

 the Skagit rivers tributary to Puget Sound. 



The United States Bureau of Fisheries has also 

 (established one hatchery on the Quilcene and an- 

 (ither on the Duckabush river tributary to Puget 

 Mound and are also making preparations to 

 KStablisb another plant on the Elwha river near 

 •ort Angeles. These stations will undoubtedly 

 lielp a great deal to keep up the supply of the 

 I all salmon In the waters of the Puget Sound. 



However, as more salmon are produced more 

 tanneries will be established and more fishing gear 

 ismployed and all the salmon possible will be 

 iiaught and packed, and for this reason the supply 

 )f Chinook, Silver Side, Dog and Humpback sal- 

 non must be conserved and everything possible 

 lone to protect the same to such an extent that 

 he hatcheries will be allowed to take their full 

 mpply of the spawn of all of these species of sal- 

 non. 



All of the species of salmon that frequent the 

 waters of the Pacific Coast are to be found in 

 he waters of Puget Sound. Before entering the 

 ttraits these fish are met by the trollers and from 

 he time of entering the straits are met by the 

 lurse seines, fish traps, gill nets and set nets lo- 

 ;ated or working at almost every available point 

 jetween the straits and their spawning grounds 

 \n enormous amount of fish are taken every year 

 'rom the waters of the Puget Sound. However, 

 his is as it should be and there is no reason why 

 n the ^Iture more salmon cannot be taken from 

 he Puget Sound. All that is needed is to allow 

 enough salmon to reach their breeding grounds. 

 The moral support of everybody and enough 

 money to operate hatcheries on every stream 

 tributary to the sound. 



The hatcheries can turn out in good condition 

 more salmon than can be caught if given the op' 

 portunity and it is up to everybody to see that 

 they do get the opportunity. 



I would again call the attention of the public to 

 the destruction of the young salmon on Puget 

 Sound. This matter was taken up live or six 

 years ago by the Pacific Fisherman. At that time 

 r was requested by Mr. Miller Freeman (editor of 

 the Pacific Fisherman) to make an investigation 

 of this matter and report ray findings of the same 

 to him. I found that tons of young Chinook and 

 Silver Side salmon are taken near Skagit head 

 in the Puget Sound and sold on tne market as 

 salmon trout. 



The Conservation Committee appointed by Gov- 



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enor A. E. Meade at this time took up this matter 

 and recommended that the legislature should paaa 

 a law making it unlawful for anyone to have in 

 their possession, salmon of any kind less than 

 fourteen inches in length. This should have been 

 less than sixteen inches in length. However 

 nothing was done with this matter bv the legis- 

 lature. 



During the summer of 1910 Dr. Gilbert, one of 

 our greatest scientists and a man who takes great 

 interest In everything pertaining to the fishing In- 

 dustry was on Puget Sound, and I gave him 

 some of the facts as I had found them. Doctor 

 Gilbert made some investigations with regard to 

 this matter and in a letter written to me Just be- 

 fore leaving Seattle for California he wrote as 

 follows: "I have made some Investigations with 

 regard to the destruction of young salmon and 

 have had no difficulty In finding young Chinook 

 and Sliver Side salmon from eight inches up in 

 any desired quantity. What I saw and what I 

 learned concerning this matter certainly filled me 

 with astonishment and dismay even after what 

 you had told me." 



At a luncheon at the Rainier Club last summer. 

 Dr. Gilbert was present and was asked about this 

 matter. He stated that it was a very serious 

 thing. I asked the doctor what the result would 

 be If the practice of catching these young salmon 

 before they had a chance to reach the ocean, was 

 not discontinued. His answer was "it wlli gut 

 the entire Industry." 



I consider this matter of the destruction of 

 these young salmon that have been raised at 

 the hatcheries and grown large enough to escape 

 nearly all their enemies, to be the most dangerous 

 menace to the fishing Industry of the Puget Sound. 



These young salmon are turned out mostly from 

 the Skagit, Snohomish and White River hatcheries 

 and as there are good feeding grounds for them 

 off Skagit Head and vicinity, they are an easy 

 prey for the fishermen who make a practice of 

 catching them, and they find a ready market in 

 Seattle, Tacoma and Portland and are iced and 

 shipped all over the country and sold aa salmon 

 trout. 



Thousands of these young salmon are destroyed 

 every year and if something is not done to stop 

 this practice the words of Dr. Gilbert will come 

 true "it will gut the industry." 



The new eyeing station just located by the 

 Washington State Department on the Green river 

 below Tacoma's new water supply dam will prove 

 to be one of the best locations In the state and 

 the output from this station will greatly add to 

 the supply of the salmon in the waters of the 

 Puget Sound. 



Now is the time for all the citizens of the state 

 to wake up to the value of the fishing industry. 

 Everybody must take an interest in conserving and 

 perpetuating the supply of salmon. Give your 

 moral support to those who are doing all in their 

 power to build up the salmon industry. You can 

 all help. 



With good laws enacted and well enforced and 

 the moral support of the public at large given to 

 every branch of the proprogatlon and protection 

 of salmon, the state of Washington will always 

 have an industry that will feed and clothe thou- 

 sands of its citizens. 



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