SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



water temperature is suitable it takes from 

 6 to 10 days for hatching. The eggs are 

 small and semi-buoyant. The fish are very 

 prolific. A single roe has been known to 

 furnish 150,000 eggs. 



There is an appalling loss of eggs and 

 young fish, as they are devoured by numer- 

 ous enemies, and it is estimated that of all 

 the young fish hatched not more than a 

 dozen from any pair of mature fish reach 

 the ocean in safety. 



To counteract this wastage, artificial 

 propagation was undertaken with success. 

 In the spring of 1900, 241,050,000 young 

 shad were planted in the rivers of the 

 Atlantic coast. 



The shad is the most valuable river fish 

 of the eastern coast. The Chinook salmon 

 and the cod are the only fish of this con- 

 tinent that exceed it in value. In 1896 the 

 catch numbered 13,145,395 fish weighing 

 50,847,967 pounds and worth $1,656,580 

 to the fishermen. 



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