WHEN THE FATHER OF WATERS GOES ON A RAMPAGE 



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WASHING A MUD-CLOGGED SEINE IN A SHALLOW BAYOU 



Some of the landlocked pools and bayous have soft, muddy bottoms, and when the seine 

 is hauled in, fish and mud are mingled in a dense mass. By lifting the lead line and moving 

 the seine away from the shore, a gentle rocking motion of the net easily rids the seine of mud. 



has passed, the degree of safety depend- 

 ing largely on the size attained. 



In the opinion of State and Federal 

 fish culturists familiar with conditions in 

 the Mississippi Valley and experienced 

 in the rearing of the local fishes, at least 

 25 per cent of the fishes rescued may be 

 expected to survive to a marketable or 

 legal size, and will reach an average 

 weight of not less than one and a half 

 pounds in two or three years. Assuming 

 that all the surviving fishes will then be 



caught for market and sold by the fisher- 

 men at the prices prevailing for the re- 

 spective species in the local markets in 

 December, 1919, the fishes salvaged by 

 the Bureau in 1919 are estimated to have 

 a prospective value of $6,527,000. 



THE COST OF THE WORK IS SURPRISINGLY 

 SMALL 



The fish-rescue work, however bene- 

 ficial from the standpoint of fish conser- 

 vation, would hardly be justified if the 



