Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . §2 REPORT OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS; ATLANTIC SALMON. The Atlantic Salmon is by common consent the king of game andtable fish. In the years gone by it was as common in our rivers asthe shad, but is now rarely seen, except as sent in from other States,and at a price that is prohibitive to all but the wealthy. We aretrying the Retaining Pond experiment with these fish and hopethat we may thus succeed in replenishing our rivers. We are ad-vised by the best authorities on these subjects that we are on theright track, and almost sure of success.
Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . §2 REPORT OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS; ATLANTIC SALMON. The Atlantic Salmon is by common consent the king of game andtable fish. In the years gone by it was as common in our rivers asthe shad, but is now rarely seen, except as sent in from other States,and at a price that is prohibitive to all but the wealthy. We aretrying the Retaining Pond experiment with these fish and hopethat we may thus succeed in replenishing our rivers. We are ad-vised by the best authorities on these subjects that we are on theright track, and almost sure of success. Those we now have will befish six to eight inches long when released, and must have a muchbetter chance of survival than if turned into rivers swarming withtheir enemies, when too young and small to make even a vigorouseffort to save their 84 REPORT OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS- SHAD. This fish needs no introduction to a Connecticut audience. It has-yearly visited us, and his advent is as eagerly looked forward to asis the adjournment of the Legislature. The shad when first hatchedis as small as it can be and still have room enough for life. A manmight look into a forty quart can containing thousands of these fry,and be excused for thinking that the can had only water in it. Theygrow rapidly, attaining under favorable conditions a length of fromthree to five inches at four months of age. It is supposed that atthe age of three years they return to us again large enough to has demonstrated beyond question that they will return tosubstantially the same waters in which they spent the first fewmonths of their existence. They are the most easily killed fish thatwe know of, and, except as very small fry, will admit of no handling,,even with gloves.
Size: 898px × 2783px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherhartfordprintedbyo
