Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1915 — New Record by Fisheries Bureau. [ARTICLE]

New Record by Fisheries Bureau.

The commissioner of fisheries, under date of June 10, advises that not only will the output of the fish-cul-tural operations of the bureau of fisheries during the fiscal year ending June 30 surpass previous records but for the first time in many years there has been a sufficient supply of black bass to meet all current demands for both public and private waters. All outstanding applications for black bass will be filled. Some of these have been held over for several years for lack of a sufficient supply of the fish. Among recent deliveries of this fish have been 10,000 to a large artificial lake at Austin, Tex., formed by the damming of the Colorado river, and at the station whence the fish came a large supply is now on hand. It is the policy of the bureau to distribute each year an increasingly large proportion of fish which have been retained at the hatcheries until they reach the fingerling or yearling stages, which means that the output, being more mature, is better able to care for itself and is not so subject to the depredations of natural enemies.