. Report of the commissioner of fish and fisheries relative to the salmon fisheries of Alaska .. . Fig. 2. The Smelt (Osnu-ms dentex).. Fig. 3. The Surf Smelt (Hypomestis olidus). LIFE HISTORY OF THE SALMON. BY TARLETON H. BEAN, M. D.,Ichtliyolos^ist, U. S. Fish Commission. The greatest wealth of Alaska is represented by its fishes, and among these byfar the most important are the members of the salmon family and other elosely relatedforms, sueh as the whiteflshes, grayling, smelt, and capelin. The salmon alone repre-sent an annual value foreaniiiiig jmrposes of about $3,000,(»()(), derived al
. Report of the commissioner of fish and fisheries relative to the salmon fisheries of Alaska .. . Fig. 2. The Smelt (Osnu-ms dentex).. Fig. 3. The Surf Smelt (Hypomestis olidus). LIFE HISTORY OF THE SALMON. BY TARLETON H. BEAN, M. D.,Ichtliyolos^ist, U. S. Fish Commission. The greatest wealth of Alaska is represented by its fishes, and among these byfar the most important are the members of the salmon family and other elosely relatedforms, sueh as the whiteflshes, grayling, smelt, and capelin. The salmon alone repre-sent an annual value foreaniiiiig jmrposes of about $3,000,(»()(), derived almost entirelyfrom three speeies. The undeveloped resources which may be obtained fiom the sal-mon-like tishes have undoubtedly equal importance with the material now utilized. In the distribution of the Sahiwnidw Alaska received a generous share. Seven-teen of the known species, or about one-sixth of the entire number, oc<ur in its entirely within the area in which the family is indigenous, ])lentifully suppliedwith long water courses, rapid snow-fed streams, and cool, deep lakes glistening inmountain valleys, ov
Size: 2561px × 976px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherwashingtongovtprin
