THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 269 

‘July 1, 1917, by C. W. Standish of Brownsville. Planted by the 
Oregon Fish and Game Commission, July 10, 1914. The Callapooia 
River was practically depleted of fish at the time the Commission began 
the work of restocking. This stream, one of the best trout streams in 
the State, is now the mecca for anglers from all over the Willamette 
Valley. The fish in the accompanying picture run in size from 12 to 20 
inches, 
R vty a caught in the Callapooia River near Brownsville, Oregon, 
PROTECTING THE GREAT SALMON FISHING 
INDUSTRY 
By ARCHER WALL DOUGLAS, in Wild Life. 
fisheries as among the most valuable commercial fisheries in the 
world. The most important salmon fisheries range from the 
mouths of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers in California, along 
the coasts of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, up to 
the Yukon. 
The whole industry depends upon the curious instinct of the female 
salmon, which spends most of its time in salt water, to run out into the 
fresh water rivers to spawn. So far as can be judged, this is done at 
the end of about four or five years, and the salmon immediately dies 
after spawning. The seasons when the salmon make this ‘‘run’’ vary 
according to latitude, beginning in April and continuing through May 
or June in the Sacramento river for the spring run, and commencing 
again in August and ending in October for the fall run; while in South- 
east Alaska, the salmon are found in all months of the year. From 
March to the middle of June they are abundant and feeding in the 
numerous straits and sounds. They enter the rivers in May and June. 
In August, September and October they are again to be found in large 
numbers in the bays and sounds. 
T HE salmon fishery industry ranks along with oyster and herring 
