Report on the Disease Which Has Recently Prevailed Among the Salmon in the Tweed, Eden, and Other Rivers in England and Scotland

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...This was on the Esk, in Sir F. Graham's water. There was no disease here then. Plenty of dead fish used to come down formerly. The factories are the cause of it, by sending pollutions into the river. One fish ran right into the bank, and it was quite stiff, through something wrong in the inside. This wa3 two or three years ago, and happened close by here. Thought the fish was poisoned by the pollutions coming down. There is much manure laid on the lands, and it is injurious to the fish. The fish jump right up and rise differently from what they formerly did. Believes this is due to the pollution. People drink the water because they cannot get any other. The manufacturers should make catch pits to catch the pollutions. Mr. Huntly promised to endeavour to cure the pollution. The kelts--trout kelts especially--should be all killed, if not by net, at any rate by rod. They should be sold. Cannot see why their sale should be prevented. There are plenty of good fish now coming up. They are taken by the rod, and are very fine fish. Early in the spring some clean salmon are caught. The netting season should be extended for a fortnight. The fish do not CORNHILLtake in September. ON-TWEED. William Johnston, fisherman.--Has fished for 50 years on Tweedside. Saw the disease 50 years ago. Saw fungus on the fish then. Another man told him it was through fish fighting on the beds. Never saw it on clean salmon before, but chiefly among kippera. This year it has been among clean salmon. The clean fish, coming in contact with the kelts, have been infected. Has seen the scab aud fungus coming together. Plenty of bull-trout, grayling, minnows, and all Tweed fish were affected this year. It has disappeared now (October). Pollutions are a bad thing. Fishes are liable to disease, ...