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New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century By: Various |
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E text prepared by Ronald Calvin Huber while serving as Penobscot Bay
Watch, Rockland, Maine, with technical assistance from Joseph E.
Loewenstein, M.D. NEW ENGLAND SALMON HATCHERIES AND SALMON FISHERIES
IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
CONTENTS ARTICLE I. Some Results of the Artificial Propagation of Maine and
California Salmon in New England and Canada, Recorded in
the Years 1879 and 1880 II. Sketch of the Penobscot Salmon Breeding Establishment (1883) III. Penning of Salmon in Order to Secure Their Eggs (1884) IV. Memoranda Relative to Inclosures for the Confinement of Salmon
Drawn from Experience at Bucksport, Penobscot River, Maine
(1884) V. Report on the Schoodic Salmon Work of 1884 85 VI. Methods Employed at Craig Brook Station in Rearing Young
Salmonid Fishes (1893) VII. Notes on the Capture of Atlantic Salmon at Sea and in the
Coast Waters of the Eastern States (1894) ARTICLE I SOME RESULTS OF THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF MAINE AND CALIFORNIA
SALMON IN NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA, RECORDED IN THE YEARS 1879 AND 1880 Compiled By The United States Fish Commissioner
Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission , Vol. 1, Page 270, 1881. New Bedford, Mass May 20, 1879. Prof. S. F. BAIRD: Sir: I have just been in the fish market and a crew were bringing in
their fish from one of the "traps." A noticeable and peculiar feature
of the fishery this year is the great numbers of young salmon caught,
especially at the Vineyard, although some few are caught daily at
Sconticut Neck (mouth of our river). There are apparently two different
ages of them. Mostly about 2 pounds in weight (about as long as a large
mackerel) and about one half as many weighing from 6 to 8 pounds;
occasionally one larger. One last week weighed 33 pounds and one 18
pounds. The fishermen think they are the young of those with which some
of our rivers have been stocked, as nothing of the kind has occurred in
past years at all like this. JOHN H. THOMSON.
Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission , Vol. 1, Page 271, 1881 New Bedford, Mass. June 1, 1879. Prof SPENCER F. BAIRD: SIR: I received yours. I have examined carefully since your letter, but
no salmon have been taken. The run was about the two first weeks in May
and a few the last of April. Mr. Bassett had about 30 to 35 from the
trap at Menimpsha, and 10 or 12 from Sconticut Neck, the mouth of our
river. Mr. Bartlett, at his fish market, had about one dozen; 12 from
the traps near the mouth of Slocum's River, six miles west of here, and
I have heard of two taken at mouth of Westport River. As to the particular species, I do not get any reliable information, as
so few of our fishermen know anything about salmon, and in fact the men
from the traps on Sconticut Neck did not know what the fish were. JOHN H. THOMSON.
FISHING ITEMS. "A ten pound salmon and seventeen tautog, weighing over
one hundred pounds, were taken from the weirs of Magnolia, Thursday
night. This is the first salmon caught off Cape Ann for over thirty
years. On Saturday morning three more large salmon were taken and 150
large mackerel. The fishermen are highly elated at the prospect of
salmon catching." (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 6, 1879.)
[Postscript to a letter from Monroe A. Green, New York State Fishery
Commission, to Fred Mather, June 9, 1879.] "P. S. Kennebec salmon caught to day in the Hudson River at Bath near
Albany weighing twelve and a half pounds, sold for 40 cents per pound.
The first that have been caught for years."
STATE OF MAINE, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,
Bangor, August 25, 1879. [Extracts.] DEAR PROFESSOR: We have had a great run of salmon this year, and
consisting largely of fish planted by us in the Penobscot four or five
years ago, so far as we could judge; there were a very large number,
running from 9 to 12 pounds... Continue reading book >>
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