Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1918 — Rescuing Fish. [ARTICLE]

Rescuing Fish.

The rescue of fish is one of the activities of the bureau of fisheries. It is an important work, but the nature and importance of it are little understood by persons outside of the regions tn which it is carried on. While the bureau conserves fish, propagates and distributes fish and labors to educate mankind on the subject of fish, it also rescues fish. In times of flood, when streams and rivers swell beyond their banks /and overflow wide stretches of land, myriads of valuable food fish are carried along with the water. The flood passes, the rivers subside into their normal courses and the fish are left inland to perish as the flood-water evaporates or seeps into the land. Gangs of men under the guidance of the fisheries bureau gather the fish from these overflow lakes, which are often of great extent, and cast them loose in the streams or rivers.