New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-19
PIsCICULTURE,

wen SupplleO WIN cGOlce 1Sh at reaSOna-
bic prices renders it necessary that every
means should be adopted to meet this
want OF our people Itwould seem that, as
n rule, the price of the fish that is sold in
our market is greater than it ought to be-
and there is not that supply which might
be afforded in great abundance if some
of our public spirited citizens would
turn their attention to the artificial
propagation OF edible fishes IN some Of
the numerous fresh water streams and
small lakes and ponds that are SO abundant
throughout our State. It has been shown
by experiments in every country where it
has been tried that it is practicable and
economical as it regards the cost of ma
terial and the reproduction of sonse of
the rarest specimens of fish far beyond
the most sangulne expectations Of those
engaged in the work. In some Of our
Northern States, where the shad, trout
and salmon had almost disappeared from
streams and small lakes, it seems, under
| the fostering care and attention OF gentle
| men OF wealth and leisure entertaining
Platonian ideas, these places have been
| replenished with new stock of FISH, that
are protected until the increase is greater
than the loss occasioned by the requisi-
tons for market purposes. It is SAID that
in China, Notwithstanding the den
sity Of the population Of that
country, that by means of fish Matching, this
article Of food is so cheap that penny
will buy enough for breakfast for a
small family. The business Of col
lecting and Matching the spawn for the
supply Of owners Of private ponds is ex-
tensive.
France, England, Scotland, ard Ire
land, among other European States. are en-
joying manifest increase of fish supplies
from artificial propagation. Loeb Shin,
lake of the Sutherland mountains in Scot
land, having as an outlet the salmonin
Shin, is fed by four rivers the Terry,
Flack Iarvie, and Cuny, and the river
Tay of Scotland, have been restocked with
that most delicate Of all fishes, so that
now they exist in great abundance, |
through the efforts Of the piscicu,:urists
Buist and Brown.
The Robe river in Ireland, bv means OF |
fish way two miles in length, five rods !
wide, with fall OF thirty feet, has as !
sumed the importance ola salmon stream |
In the Clare-Galway, fall has been arti- |
tciaily surmounted, and the resul. is one |
of the best fisheries IN Great Britain.
IN France the same success has attended |
the labors Of the piscicultrlrists there
Basins, canals, and laboratories have been |
prepared for spawning-beds. and the |
Matching Of the eggs of the fish in them.
Besides those native to the rivers, streams
and lakes Of that country, millions of eggs
of the fish Of other European waters, Of
the choicest and most valuable kinds.
have been brought and annually distrib-
uted to lis chief rivers. People are en-
ployed to procure these eggs from the
rivers and lakes Of Switzerland, the Rhine,
Danube, and other large and important
rivers Of Europe, where choice fish are
known to abound. The international ey-
position OF fisheries held il Arcachon, in
France, in the year 1867, by a report pre-
sented at that time, showed that many
rivers, almost destitute of fish g year or
two previous, had been restocked to a
wonderful degree. In Lover Brittany, in
France. there is m establishment or fish
nursery under government management
which is self-supporting and more than
pays its expenses.
The lakes Of Geneva and .<eufcL.tel, in
switzerland, are supplied with lake trout
md salmon, and the fishing of these are
lnder the care and management of gov
stipendiaries.
At Dizert;a, O. maritime city about fifty
niles from Tunis, in Algiers, place con- ,
aiming population Of about eight thou
and inhabitants, there are fishing
rounds under municipal control, the
,rofts of which realize to the government I
rom $4,000 to $4,000 a year It is t
aid thatthe artificial breeding OF oysters
n France pays an average prof.: Of a :
thousand per cent. Results have been ,
qually satisfactory in England. n the j
tates Of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer I
lont, Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Rhode S
sland New York and Pennsylvania, there I
re commissions for the encouragement :
fish culture, and through the agency Of {
he commissioners Of fisheries in tAose $
tates, Legislative action has been had for c
le encouragement Of fish culture and the I
rejection Of private and public water o
curses against the encroachnen. Of pis- d
ltcry marauders al undue seasons and il
18th unusual means, so that nov lisa diet {
far more common and much more en- :.
,yed at a more reasonable rate than it -
otels and places OF entertainment at the s.
lost Of the watering-places in the North
n and Eastern States, during the 7,
,mmcr season. are supplied with the O
lrer and more delicate species CT -ish OF j,
'titicial breeding and culture y
There is 10 reason or cause Why n p
lis State there should not tie cult Il
tied and rropagatei in some Of the CO
reanls not far remote from this city, Ii