. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 199 spawning beds when the fish were trying to propagate. Since their whole energies are devoted to producing and fertilizing their eggs, fishes care not who approaches them at that time for their spawning instinct predominates over all other senses. They fall an easy prey to their natural enemies and particularly to man, who can easily spear, snag or trap them. In the long struggle which ensued, the commissio
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 199 spawning beds when the fish were trying to propagate. Since their whole energies are devoted to producing and fertilizing their eggs, fishes care not who approaches them at that time for their spawning instinct predominates over all other senses. They fall an easy prey to their natural enemies and particularly to man, who can easily spear, snag or trap them. In the long struggle which ensued, the commission and its agents were criticized, threatened and charged with all kinds of misdemeanors. It was nnt 1897 that the Fish Commission, through Attorney General W. F. Fitzgerald, succeeded in getting an injunction from the superior court of Nevada County to enjoin the Truckee River Lumber Company from dumping debris in the Truckee River. This decision was appealed to the Supreme Court of the state. In a decision rendered by Judge Van Fleet, the restraining order of the superior court of Nevada County upheld and the milling interests were compelled to dispose of their refuse matter, sawdust, shavings, edgings. Fig. 58. Taking spawn from a ten-pound Tahoe black-spotted trout. Taylor Creek, El Dorado County. Photograph by Joseph H. Sanders, May 1, 1922. and other mill waste and deleterious substances in some other way than passing it into the w^aters of the Truckee River. This was the first real victory in the battle to save the fish in Lake Tahoe and Truckee River. Prior to this, the upper reaches of Truckee River had been stocked with a few rainbow trout that had been hatched at the I. C. Frazier. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and
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