The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-11
THE FISH CULTURISTS.

FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMER
IcAN Observation-Disclosures DAYS PROCEED
INGs-NTEREsTING PAPERS sUDM1TTED-sETH
GREEN ON 'tREsTocKINa OUR DEPLETED
WATERS"
The American Fish Culturlsts' Association con.
tinued It's session yesterday morning at the office
OF Mr.. George shepard Page. No. 10 Warren
street, the President Mr. Robert b. Roosevelt in
the chair. The attendance was very large, and,
In addition to those present on Tuesday. were
many distinguished In the science OF piscculture
BASS IN Pennsylvania WATERS.
Mr.. II. J. Reeder, OF Easton, Pa, briefly
related the experience OF the Commission.
ers OF that State regarding the culture
or bass. He said, among other interesting
things, That during the past year he had expert.
mented sufficiently to establish the fact that there
exist two species oil black bass, nd that the pre-
viously conceived idea tnat the geographical lines
to which they were restricted did not exist. He
also reverted to the scarcity OF the Try OF the black
bass in the preserves OF the State this year. There
was surprising dlminutlOn OF the young bass,
though the large bass were in great numbers.
The only solution or this popularity yet arrived
at was that the July storms In Pennsylvania, at
the time when the bass were preparing TO deposit
their spawn, made the streams muddy ana carried
down a large amount OF debrls and sediment,
which, settling on the spawn, smotheredit.
THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION.
Professor Spencer F. Baird referred to the work
OF the United states Fishery Commission during
the past year. They had done much with shad and
salmon The former had been quite plenty in the
Hudson and Connecticut rivers. Spawn collected
from snad in the Hudson had been transferred in
large quantities to the waters OF the West. Much
greater operations had been carried on at
Holyoke, on the Connecticut, however, dstri0u.
ton amounting to between 100000 and 100000
OF young shad to waters IN ONO, Michigan. Mis-
souri, Minnesota. Texas and other States being
made. me season of distribution closed
on the 10th OF August. ana was quite
satisfactory in all ITS details. The at
tempt to transport snsd to GERMANY, as
government In sending Khtne salmon eggs to TINS
country, had Jailed, unloI tunately. Up 10 the
eleventh day all was wel, but then the Young lsn
dleo salmon Matching had been conducted on
scale OF unusual magnitude. the station III Cali
lorna under the direction OF Dr. Livingston stone,
by means OIL many Improvements, had been able
to hatch 100000 eggs hall OF the young fish
being turned back into the sacramento River and
the rest sent East About 2, 600 were now III
streams In TINS section OF the country or In hatch
Ing houses. ready to be transferred. AT the es-
taDii-hment IN BuckspOrt, Me-. there were
100000 more not vet distributed. but ready to
be planted.
MIR. L. G. BlacGlord. OF New York, favored the
founding OF an aquarium IN Central PARK. asking
the association TO indorse the suggestion Mr..
George H. Ward, Professor Bard and others
thought the idea an excellent one. The latter said
IL was OF that class enterprises wnich the pub.
lie, no doubt, would support. Aquaria are well
understood at this Time, aud II does not matter
whether IL Is within thousand miles oil the sea
or not. 1t could be easily stocked and MAN.
tanned. In one year grand aquarium like to that
at Brighton, England could be established and
stocked IN Central Park Measures are rapidly
progressing in Philadelphia TO meet public neces
slty IN Ioundlng O. large aquarium there. The suH.
geston was lndorsc1 by the Convention as asked
Tor by MIR. Blacklord
FISH CULTURE IN GENERAL.
Mr.. samuel Wilmot of Newcastle, ontario,
Canada, read q very interesting paper on tae cul-
ture OF fish, He referred at lenRth to the interest
manifested IN this science III European countries
and The extent OF the work as now progressing III
the United states ana Canada. In very able
manner reference was mado TO the necessity of
wise legislation TO protect nsh In the spawning
season OF the yenr. At such tunes the FISH was un-
fit or iood aud easily clugnt as suffering from the
gish. Mr. Wimot satisfactorily answered
the query, 'Wny resort to artificial breed
ing Ia preference TO the ways OF ma.
ture ~ BY the artificial system more fish are
Matched as the eggs and tho young Try TO escape
the attacks OF the Thousand aquatic animals that
usually i've upon them. Ihis alone July demon
strates that the artificial system Is much prefera.
bio to the natural.
RESTOCKING OUR DEPLETED WATERS.
Mr.. Sem Green, OF Rocnester. n. T., read
paper restocking VITA FISH our depicted waters,
! more particularly those OF the stare Of New YORK.
The paper deals VITA this important subject quite
originally and contains one Or two experiences 10