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MR. J. A. MILNE ON THE 



Trout. The flesh is pale-coloured, and is not much used for 

 canning. 



The Steelhead is found from Carmel River, California, north- 

 wards to Central Alaska. In California it may be fished for only 

 with hook and line. In 1909 4,229,704 lbs. weight was canned 

 and 1,960,000 lbs. weight was otherwise used in the United 

 States fisheries, without counting those frozen or salted in British 

 Columbia. 



Text-fis'. 118. 



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Scale of Steelhead Trout [Salmo gairdneri), $ . 12f lbs. Length 33 inches ; 

 girth 16i inches. New Westminster. Autumn, 1912. (Forreferencesseetext,p.607.) 



In 1910 there were liberated by the U.S. hatcheries 12,023,646, 

 but none was turned out in Canada. 



The spawning season is in the spring, but Steelheads are to be 



