Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-02
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT
PIscIcULTURE.
PARIS. sEprKnnrR. 1859.
ArlifeiaI FeenaeIalion u III.

Integencer any notice. character to satisfy the rea
sonable curiosity of intelligent men, the subject Of
piscculture, the artificial breeding Of fish This
branch Of industry has of late years assumed in
France importance of which people abroad are but
little aware The Of the practical efforts of
couple of obscure unleered fishermen to restock with
fish the streams upon which they exercised their calling
gradually attracted attention. Scientific took up the
subject not previously for the satisfaction of phoso
phical inquiry, learned amusement but invoke
the aid Of Government in popuarzng the knowledge Of
piscculture and making its practice throughout
France They that it might become an important ee
ment Of national wealth. by enlargng immensely the field
ofagricuura industry and procuring for the whole popu
laton varied and abundant supply heahful ami
NAL food Government did take the matter in hand Indi
vidual efforts udiciously encouraged Money was
appropriated for the dissemination of the knowledge of
the practical processes required in the The result
has been highly satisfactory Many rivers have been
abundanty stocked with various species fish most use
full food and which before entirely unknown in
their waters. Other rivers whose supply was rapidly
diminishing have been abundanty restocked by Of
artificial formulation. The practicabty Of the art and
its immense economical value have been established in
France, and we may confidently expect that the art win
henceforh thrive and tell every year and dis
tincty upon individual and national prosperity
have collected during the last three or four years
considerable amount of information upon this subject
upon the history of psccuture its NODES and the re-
suits which have been obtained Do err in believing
that this information will furnish the matter for two or
three interesting and valuable etters The information
will be new and curious, satisfied to very many Of
your readers and help thinking it also of great
practical interest and importance. Animal food to be
sure is not used in insufficient quantities by any class of
the population in any part of the United States but
greater variety and abundance of the esteemed spe
cies of fish would be highly acceptable the humble meal
of the poor and the sumptuous tables of the rich
Piscicuure affords the ready and cheap and certain
of assuring in all parts of the country supplies of
nearly all the varieties of the priced table fish, 1t can
hardly be doubted that, when the plain weascertaned
facts upon this subject shall be generally known
in the United States agrculturists all over the country
will establish upon their farms and plantations nursery
ponds for the production of fish by artificial Foundation
they produce fruits in their orchards and cattle
in their fields In the neghborhood of large cities pis
ciculture, like horticulture, will afford occupation and
means of support to hundreds and become the of
ample fortunes unless indeed private enterprise in that
direction should be prevented it might be- and per-
haps ought to be, by intelligent the part of the
State Governments and county authorities to keep the
rivers creeks, natural ponds, and the well
stocked with proper varieties of fish for the public use
propose therefore, make pisccuure in France the
subject of two three letters That the Govern
men Of France is fully of the Importance Of the
subject we have almost every week sufficient proof
Commission Of Peeuure has been established in the de-
parment of the Minister of the Interior Agriculture and
Commerce. The commission is composed of practical
men, whom joined several of the distinguish
ed members of the Academy of Sciences. NJ PERsIGSY
Minister of the Interior, has just dispatched NJ CosrK
member of the Institute upon domestic and foreign
mission for the promotion of pscicuture NJ CosTE pro-
ceeds first to Muhause where he will concert measures
with the contractors whom he meet there for the
construction of large Government establishment for the
artificial production of fish. For this work sum of
$500 has been allowed From Muhause NJ CosTE will
proceed to the department of ee to inspect the similar
establishments existing there and which during the last
year have been under the of GEHS of the two
fishermen whose experiments commenced ten years ago.
and painfully and successfully prosecuted will give him
enduring fame the ntroduccr Of practical pisciculture
into France NJ Coste is then go down the Rhone and
inquire into the of stocking that river with salmon
fish not yet known to its waters He is then to visit
the saltmarshes of Provence Languedoc and Rousson
to inquire into the feasibility of multiplying in those To-
calties the lobster and oyster NJ Coste will repair to
the shores of the Adratc and study there the modes
used especially among the agoons of Comaccio of pre-
serving the fish which they transport to such great dis
tances and make matter of profitable commerce Before
returning to France M. Coste will visit the kingdom of
Naples to study the of propagang the oysters
Of Fucno with view to their introduction into the
lagoons in the south Of France.
At the instance of the Commission Of Psciculture the
Minister Of Marine in July last charged NJ yAIEScrEsSEs
learned ichhyoogst member of the Institute to pro-
coed to the seacoast examine the rivers emptying
into the Atlantic between Hayre and la Teste and deter
mine which Of them should be selected first to be restoc
ed by Of artificial formulation Of the eggs of fish,
He also to determine what points of the coast should
be chosen for the production Of the lobster by the same
process Two other BIOLOGISTS members Of the Academy
Of Sciences and Of the Commission ef Pisccuture were
sent similar mission upon the coast between Cher
bourg and Granville and in the enyirons of Trouse
These gentlemen all directed at the same time TO
study another question bearing directly upon pscicure
which heretofore practical have been strongly OBJ
posed to the Academy viz the utility Of marine plants in
protecting the fry from destruction till the fish arrive ut
certain age In 1772 the Academy Of Sciences express
ed the opinion that the plants of no use in that way
And upon this opinion based the declaration Of Both
October Of that year. relative to the cutting of the sea-
weed (parec which declaration practical men have in
variaby protested against
The best history Of piscculture scientific and pract
CAL to the date Of the document to be found so far
as this country is concerned in report addressed to the
late Minister Of Agriculture and Commerce by M MILNE
EDWARDS distinguished roologist member Of the Aca
deny Of Sciences Of Paris and Of the Ministerial Commits
sion OF Pisciculture translation Of that report
REPORT
Upon The Sfockigo Of Ppers a. ~