New-York tribune., 1874-02-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

LOCAL MISCEDDAN1'
THE SCIENCE OF FISH CULTURE.
vuxrrNa OF THE AMERICAN FIsH CuLrpRlsrs Asso
crI-roN-pESCRIPTIoN OF THE FlsHkRiEs IN
prRoPE AND AMERICA - ESSAYS CoNCkRNiNo
rNy pFsr METHODS OF RAISING FISH SPAWN
The third annual meeting of the American
Ysh Culturists' Association was held, yesterday :" ~
no warren-st Among the members present were ,n'
,ooxinc Seth Green Commissioner of Fisheries IN UNI
State: Livingston Stone. b. r. Bowles g. > rage 'n'
Hon Spencer r. Baird. United States Comnisso"o' W W
Fisheres and DR.. J. II. Slack. The hon' ~ nv s -
Roosevelt was elected ChaiTman VINO on Aes"S ,.o
gave go interesting description OF the Woh ; ,d
sex.york Commissioners ci Fisheries the fo'ts' "'
s.rsana was adopted the journal OF 'ne ',tu
The Secretary then read the following snO "a :
nv CHARLES a Atkins Of the method oi salinon oi.
nj pueksport Me-, the author being uhaVo'u"OS a-,
The following essay concerning the hui"0O' ", V - -
caught at the various great fisheries VI '"'
pead nv the Hon. Spencer F. Bairu; ~
The subject Of fish culture ana the hsNei 20 81
"a increase n importance, and in view OF tne
value OF the products OF ibe sta dnu .no i,
End IN tbe amount OF capital and Efforts directed oWsu
tseir ac0Uisifion this interest is amply jusuhed sev
era exhioous during lS1S nave pSSn s Serc ne tbai
AZ Vienna during the past Summer, Inc nulnDtr % %,
Rtatos having Fish Comuii ss0uers Tor tne lnpo &
nnd reuatlCn OF tue heres within thclr buIcers mas
beep ucrea during the wear by the Suulloh -
sV,va,ia Obio and Michigan, that at the sIeseDt
t,me All The England aud Middle states, except
Delaware and The States OoIdeI iis Ol uC ga
viii the execution Of Indiana limos, Wisconsin ana
iTreo. are provided with these important State Off
oers. Movements progress, however "hich s
propa he Will result during 1874 ~ The appointment OF
Snur,aet,ners in Minnesota Illinois, Maryland, VIZ
giuia, North Carolina, and possibly Iowa -,.
Ia 1858 there aited IN the riYcTs near
Russia as 900 OF Astraohau herring. The nnnoeI IN
IsIl was 100000 aud in ls72 lCo@CVOo lRe Goa si
both Atlantic and Pacific nave also DSen aDu
sautly worked According 20 san Francisco Jourhii'
$1,000 oodl ,h were taken nv seven vesse, % the Go %
ei Alaska 10 the sumner OF letS New oVu @ oaiaS nav
iately been discovered Of che coast Vi SpllrOtrsen
very important advance I'D the artificial pTolis %
Of 1isb made ny seth Green ahd parry WIZ ~ 80"
service the Untcd states COnlusiOn ia tno ulsoo
striped bass, or rockAs mAy De oio co az $3.50
IL much the same manner as iIe siiu anu siSoia-
effort will probably be made duTlns tue coming yegh
t0wHrd Increasing the supply OF ths most Nau"De usn
J W MiluOr read interesting essay ABOUT inc
Sonraiui fish inhabiting equsioriai waters Living
ston etone read an essay containing description OF his
adventures IL the collection oi salmon oYa IN California
and tbe food OF the PACIFIC coast. MI stone dc
scIbod the difficulties he had experienced ID gathering
the MtCoud River ia Consequence of The IN
teeTeuce Of Indians and the extreme difficulty attend
ins The transportation Of oya The greatest number oil
.ggs that were lost abou, 10 per cent Two millions
Of eggs we're gathered du.lng ILls expedition. and
nearly and half millions safely reached their des'
Snation
Of The Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, requested
that the associate appoint committee 10 cooperate
exhibition. resolution providing for such acomintee
adopted The following officers were Ihen elected
President b. Roosevelt; President, G. 5. Page;
eeCTetdry, A. :. Collins; Treasurer. b. T. Bowies EN-
teutive Committee Howard =. heeceT, M. G. Edmonds,
sDd Alexander Kent.
Seth Green OF Rochester then read paper upon the
beet method Of Matching spawn;
have hatched Is kinds Of fish spawn artifcialy. OF
animals have hatched the frog and lobster. Ny fret
stempt taking brook trout was IN ltt4 was soon
hble TO dscrmlnate between ibs egs ant
iIose that we're not mpreguated MY hrst experiment
Iesulted IN Matching 25 per cent Ihls usc0udeeu IN,
considerably, but soon made up l1y mlne as 10 M my
mad previously USED EODd Ucdl OF water ana
nttle MIX but now began 10 use more mk and less
ster and INV ne xt experiment resulted III a Matching
of Us per cent kept my experiment secret as long
as 1 remained the spawn-seling business, and the
resnlt was a larger sale for my spawn than any
n"" else m the business could boast Soon after
this l discovered that the sun was very
eestrucfive 10 spawn, and accordingly shaded the
troughs Among the worst enemies l had TO contend
with the rats extracted S0i trout spawn from
Ing In 1857 al request OF some OF the Fish Com
uissioners Of the New-EuglaDd States, went TO
WoIyI"Ee on The Connecticut River where made my
hrst experiments in hatchng sbad A; time. when
! upon the or success, some malicious person
desiroyed ali my trOughs and was obliged 10 recon-
lnenoe my gatlODs At last success crowned my
efforts such degree that IN lS7o the Commissioners
o Fsheres reported an advance co per
number IL the year 1902 SOou afterwards made ex-
Ieriments In Matching white fish, OtseeO tas waeyed
pike redsde suckers creeksuckcrs, snineTs white aud
yeIlcw perch mUlet striped bass and IL
was suocessfUl
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Nj Wilnlot Of Newcastle Canada, described ihe oul-
,pre Of salon He said that he begun ms work 10 1895
an creek that ran through bis farm In Canada Nhen
he began lac could only find single pair OF salmon IN
the creek and the stream was amply populated
ah them Shortly before ho started for NewI 81
iou ca6 into his "Iecepti0u-hOuse, p OF winch Lad
Is upon them that put there b. him two years
bsfore. 1his proved the assertion that salmon VIII re-
Urn o. their own accord TO places WbeIe alunciai
NJ Kcnt of baltimore made some interesting remarks
the transportation OF fish. After snort time spent
neral conversation, the members Of the Association
o. Mr kCOseveiPs residence, where collation. was
,tye Jne Association VIII gam today al 10
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