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Sea Herring. 

 Many herring are taken in the bays of Long Island by torching. 

 This seems to be a very destructive method and should be care- 

 fully regulated if not entirely prevented. 



Chinook Salmon. 

 This species has been introduced into Lake Champlain by the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries. Whether or not it will re- 

 produce in New York lakes and in Sunapee lake, N. H., where it 

 has also been planted, is unknown ; but it grows rapidly in eastern 

 waters and furnishes good fishing in certain localities. The 

 chinook was acclimated in France many years ago, and Dr. 

 Bellesme, Director of the Trocadero Aquarium, claims that it 

 reproduces there very freely, and that he has taken eggs from 

 many generations of the fish which have been confined in fresh 

 water. The chinook for Lake Champlain were deposited at Port 

 Kent, Willsboro, Essex, Westport and Port Henry. 



Land Locked Salmon. 



This salmon has increased greatly in Lake Kora, Hamilton 

 county, where it was introduced by Mr. Timothy L. Woodruff 

 from stock furnished by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 

 The young feed at the surface and would furnish excellent sport 

 for the fly fishermen. At this time salmon up to Hye pounds or 

 more are very plentiful in the lake. Land locked salmon have 

 been kept there in water at 68 to 72 degrees near the surface in 

 the month of June without loss. 



This species has also been introduced very successfully into 

 Lake Delaware, X. Y., on the estate of Commodore E. T. Gerry. 



The land locked salmon eggs received from the Bureau of 

 Fisheries were obtained in part from the Grand lake stream stock, 

 and partly from eggs collected in Branch pond. The fiish in 

 Branch pond are of the same blood as those in Green lake. Their 

 eggs are smaller than those from salmon taken in Grand lake 

 stream, and much below the average obtained in Green lake; but 

 they were taken from fish that averaged seven pounds each. The 

 Bureau of Fisheries states that the supply of land locked salmon 

 is not decreasing, but the demand tor eggs of that species has in- 

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