New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-31
OF FISH CULTURE.
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
PAPERS BY r. b. ROOSEVELT, SETH GREEN, LIVING
STON STONE, AND OTHERS

MEETING OF HE AMEhlCAN ASNOOIA HUN
PAPERS BY r. b. ROOSEVELT SETH GREEN, LIVING
SION STONE, AND OTHERS.
The first session of the annual meeting of
the American Fish Cultural Association was held yes
terday rooms Of the Fulton Fishmongers AssOcia
ton. in Fulton Market The association Is composed OF
many OF the principal fish culturists throughout the
United States and Canada. Among those presen we're
Seth Green, George Sheppard Page. Eugene O. Black
ford, James Amin Barnet Phillips Livingston Stone,
United States Assistant Commasioners Fisheries
Asa French. Fish Commissioner OF Massachusetts, Or.
W. Nj. Hundson. Fish Commissioner OF Connecticut;
Theodore Morford Dr. J. r. Trmbe, entomOlogist. A.
Kilburn artist s. Thompson. and Samuel wilmot
The meeting was called to by President Robert
b. Roosevelt. who I'm few remarks congratulated the
members OF the association the that had at
tended their efforts since tho organization The study
OF sh culture he said had been carried on with greater
success IA the United States I'm other country
There ncrcased interest I'm all parts or the country
and In Canada aud tho association Increasing every
year I'm numbers Resolutions OF regret wcro adopted
ameutng the death ~ the htc Professor James Wood
Miner one Of the United States Fish Commissioners and
member OF the ASSOCIATION.
Tie first paper rtld on the hybrdi1ation OF FISH
by Nh Roosevelt. siuc' the creation o. the No"Nofh
Fishery Commission he sa'd particular attention hat
hccn pad to crossing different breeds of lsh' Hnd
curious rs II might seem. the experiments had rarely
proved nholuyc no matter how dlssirlar the families
were. f. wa, observed Of all hybrds that they were
wilder than either parent and usually favored tue
larger one IN appearance. In september. 1879. 'he
young thc brook and the California salmon were
found 20 be maturing their eggs. which was the FIRST
tmc tuat hybuds gave evidence ~ hrceiIugi hnt no
eggs had yet been drpo-itcd Pos hyhcds In The regular
way. uul no hybrils crg, had yet Matched. But TWO
extraordinary facts hal been o-ceriuned one thlt the
eyes uny Doe roo large for cStrd.on-th's may be the
only wien he male parent is the largcr-und the
other that the entire bosy o. one Matching ana! belong
10 a. suaie sex.
A paper on the EFFORT ~ raise California front In
Eastern waters. prepared by SEN Green, was then read
by Mr Roosevelt Wa difficult, thc paper stated to
advance ideas, because peopo had become pretty
we'll educated m lsh-Cuture. some facts might %
gwen. however. and the writer would begin with the
California mountain uout which were tine first intro
dlced into the Eastern states by the United states
Fishery Comm issou. At the ate UatcAerJ they bad
10000 twOy ear-olIs and $4,000 ycaIIugs produced
from 900 spawn obtained Ia 1870. The California
trout had been found much easter 70 raise than the
Eastern brook trout. and OF much more rapid !
growth As they were stronger and had more PLUCK.
they afforded sport thc fishermen than the ord-
nary broo. They good fish for stocking the
OF the Susquehauna, Delaware Hudson ana
other rivers TIC head WATERS o. the Genesee had al
ready occu successfully stocked win them. They had
also done well 100 CneGoula spung Creek During
suayuuk time the ma, n31 were very Zero Ions, AID
desperate 0thtug WAS common among them rms sea-
son hes had procured fion bennington. w., 100000
brook pawn, when he had ixed wan Tie spawn
brook tiout 90 The state Hatchery. IN vas done a..
pertinent to ascertain j. u breed could be- improved
u.lAI. < u .dcl eHt kinds
lac b.si io0d for t,out tho paper continued vs' tho
ic'h "t.ci -Atlbp' az 'et 81" par ,' ID b"o, ,
loI BLACK uIss tI. traNu-h Was TO Doe rcuni.rungd
FISH eclr ic,c t0ouudcl we.c of l tsprcal hAo Ia
tor were very ias, urc-,cr- one OF thou
sand Hu..d soon stock almost ANY waters one tAihg
juc Wuior was greatly ,urprrc. al was Tia hlA-is
an not gvc norc ttoou 10 raising frogs. II farmer
tft "a