The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-01
FISH CULTURE IN AMERICA.
The stocking OF the River. mud the Preserve
tion of the Choice Varieties.

AT the American Fish Culturists' meeting
yesterday the Hon. Robert b. Roosevelt was
elected President; George Shepard Page, Vice
President: Eugene g. Blackford Treasurer
Barnet Phillips. Secretary; and II. J. Recder
Fred. Mathcr. J. W. Miner. w. f. whitchcr
Seth Green. Ben West and II. ID. McGovcrn
Executive Committee. l.. q. Blackboard exhibited
IN glnss Jar through which water was kept
circulating. some wrggling brook and Califor-
mia trout. two months old. raised from eggs
hatchcd in Fulton Market
j.. q. Dlackford said that. concerning the fish
market in New York. the shad. salmon. and
trout are the loading selling fish. Last year
they were not abundant. The Connecticut
shads rival comes from North Carolina Tho
FIRST shad taken this year was taken Feb. %
from the Potomac. This shad natures earlier
than other species its fault IL over ripcness.
making its meat dry. In the Hudson the yield
last year was not ny to the average. Mr. Black
ford grew indignant because the Legislature
has not. after years of effort 10y fish breeders.
made a close term" of one day in week. from
Saturday night until Monday morning. when
shad may run NJ tho Hudson and deposit seed
unmolcstrd. Trout consumption in tho city
has Increased in the three years past Thirty
varieties are sent to this market. This season
opens I'm Auril fifteen days later than usual.
The Long Island cult vatrd trout urc best. hp-
cause nearest. mud Moos"hcnd Lake fish are
lar-.. II. Two varfir, of salmon come to mar
kr. California md Atlantic. the latter the
sM'r i'st. ON the former the profit Is small.
The BAY # Chalcur and the kestigouchc river
send the earliest to market. and bring sl.5u u
pound. II II w.'rc not for the refrigerator sys-
newly introduced FISH is tho pompano.
rival II the English turbot. from Norfolk and
Chcsapeakc bay,
with pound nets gnhbie The ish in whole
snlc. and Prevent the reproduction, Pound
n"is arc used fences, through which fish
run. and are unable to rs ape. There are
twenty i.sh'rmcu now VIII re there WIS one be-
rusy ntog was nsy oofnb sn pe'an5c r,o
man on tle Connecticut had "A shad once year
only, Tho bound nets there would stop
crmnn. ~ they exhaust fish faster than they
can hc r.prol uccd.
Prof Campbell said that on account Of the ex-
haustivc net fishing in New York lower hny
weak lisn, hass OF lue iish can scarcely be
plentiful as t. be used icra fcrtilizerby farmers
Prof j. W Miner spoke on shad hat hing
at linvrc dc Grace the mouth of the Susqu"-
hanna. Between May II and juno -. 81 1000
snndl.ie re- set free IN waters Of tn, southern
Atlantic coHsis. In tributaries to the NJ ssisSip pi
and To- the sacramento IN CALIFORNIA. The eggs
were hat'hcd hy steam. a ten horse power en-
Suspended from short arms On the shaft were
,iused iron cyhnd"ts. Yih wire netting
| The eggs were In the cylinders and the
slow up-and-dOwn muNo mcnt Matched them.
| Inc machine is carried III a ScpM an rnOrcd in
| ia" stream: IL Is possible to have levers pro-
| lccting on both sides. the inner ends of the
| levers being coupled ia sliding knu'kle Joint.
50 that one eccentric may move two levers.
Early in july last 5000 900 were turned into the
| Connecticut. Prof NJ liner SAYS that this season
two similar scows are To los anchored one AT
| the mouth of the Roanoke. in Albrmarlo sound.
Shad are e. he set free in North Carolina waters
and IN southern Atlantic rivers and the basin
| of tho Ms- lssiupi. The work is to b" begun
about March IL and br continued until May 10.
when the fleet and force viii move TO Hayre .
| Grace.
Chairman Roosevelt read paper on cci- .,
| destructive To- young trout in FISH ponds. In
| SayNillc. l.. l., he had "a series OF ponds and.
| the habits Of GELS bong to descend toward salt
water. he caught them in nets rs they came
| through tho trougn-. They came down 10y mil
| lions. The cc.s a. found 10 spawn in salt water
| the young to ascend streams of fresh water un-
| III nearly grown and then descend.
| Prof. j. Is. GOode spoke IN statistics saying
| that they We're important. rs shown by the late
! unjust award OF the Halifax Commission. where
| the United States could show no statistics and
Canada did. and proftcd thereby The oyster
trade is most i'm lrtant. In the States 80 OOl 900
| York 5.OpU.uOn bushels annually. The fish
| cries in the United States produced in 1876
| total OF 1924 OBS. 600 pounds, valued NJ 49,
| 27'.S2A. COdlishori"s produce ~ S2j $40 whale
g. III 900; mackerel. t2.37j. 2G2 menhhdcn.
yielding more than the whale fishery, ~ G57 100
| great LAKE fisheries, 81 600 900; and the lobster
catch over IL 100000 In the business are 2ls5
| vessels. Tho following was passed:
hso-i That extremely desirable IN the interests
OF TIE trade AMI Fisheries that an accurate Know, lie
AMI Wat IN iic abs. ue. - any authoritative provision
Tor that purpose. the Fisluillscr, A.sn,au IA l.
ncN l.luc.t.d - take steps 10 assist IN TN puonc atom
Of ann al report nsh " marine products used tyr
| i0Jd . MAJ pass through their hands