# SALMON FISHING

SALMON FISHING Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Canned salmon is our most common fish food. It is a salt water fish, but it is caught in the fresh water streams of the Pacific coast of North America.” “The eggs of the salmon hatch in the cold water of the Pacific mountain streams and lakes.” Mountain stream. “The young salmon floats downstream over falls to its home in the ocean.” Waterfall. “For three years the salmon lives in the ocean. It is now a large beautiful fish. The Chinook (top) is the largest. The Sockeye (bottom) is the smallest.” Two salmon, close-up of head of Chinook. “The adult salmon leaves the ocean and goes to its birthplace to lay its eggs. It swims up stream against rapids, falls, and the traps of men.” Close-up of rushing water. “The plucky fish swims day after day up-stream. It never turns back. Thus, it is easy to catch in large numbers.” Group of men beside river, several holding salmon. “Some salmon are caught by trolling with hook and line.” Trolling from boat - fisherman catching and holding up salmon. “The gill net -- the cords in each opening of the net hold the fish in this manner.” Man holding up net with fish caught by gills. “The gill net is several hundred feet in length. It is placed across the current of the stream.” Fishermen placing net from boat. “Taking the caught fish from the net.” “The seine net is drawn about a school of salmon.” Fishermen in boat…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1922
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-490)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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