New-York tribune., 1881-10-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SOLE AND TURBOT OFF CONEY ISLAND
THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO PLACE THESE FISH Il
AMERICAN WATERS.

SOLE AND TURBOT OFF CONEY ISLAND.
THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO PLACE THESE FISH IS
AMERICAN WATERS.
The soles and tur5Ots brought from England by
the steamer Par.hia, which arrived W"lnesdaY
were placed IN the waters of CoDey Island ycstcr-
day. The fish were taken on board th" revenue
cutter Grant, and al 1890 a. M the cntter, having
on board Commissioner L. G.. DackfoTd, FIR derrick
Mathcr. of the United States Fish Commission, Bar
net Phillips secretary of the Fish Cultural Assoca-
ti0n, John F0crd. W. +. Wilbur a memb"r of the
of Dalbeattie Scotland and Others siar.cd for
COney Island. A sail of two hours and half
brought the party TO the proposed planting ground;
On arriving there enc OF the boats was lowered aud
the tanks containing the fish were rowe 10 a suit
able place toT placing. This was difficult 10 ma;
a depth of twelve feet OF water AMI temperature
OF $50 were required. place was inal " found
about half a mile from the shore, almost III
front of the Hotel Brighton and the fish were con-
signed TO their new home. The Fish commissioners,
having placed the fish, r turned to the cutter aud
came back 10 the city. They said that al
though they regrette deeply TIE loss OF 80 many fish
during the voyage from Liverpool they Weft shils-
Ged with this third effort TO acclinate In American
waters two great Eng iSh dencacies. The fish we're
sent from England In c. L. Jackson, a large mil
owner, who is interested III fish culture, and were
consigned 10 Professor Spencer T. Baird. The soles
are from to inches III length; The turoots from
TO 10 inches. Seventy-tive soes and thrtyhve
turbots were shipped On the Parthia Oi these
three soes and six turbnts lived through the voyage
Most OF the fish died on the DAY after The start from
Liverpool. Mr.. Annstead. who brOuIht the hsh
over, has written to Mr.. Jackson as follows:
II is with that have 20 inform you OF the
sad end Of nearly all the fish However do not think u
by any lost journey for the Americans from what
have seen feel satisfied the thing can be done The
fish began to die very after leaving Liverpool and
when | examined these the first thing nOtcefbe
their slckly appearance, ana Mben examined more
closely could trace scars or bruises which were not o
served al the southport Aquarium and am now conf
dent that the fish must have been injured III their our
ney down to tine landing stage from Liverpool Station
the jOtiug about owing 10 the bad road was very
we're. On account Of the r0ughness Of the
sea during the voyage the water i'm the taks oyernWcd
could be kept hlled. The water was changed every
morning eyceptug when The tenperatre OF the sea rose
considerably when passing the Gulf stream currents
Mr. Arnisread says that he would be unwilling to
make another voyage across the Atlantic tOr this
purpose unless he could he sure that the fishermen
entrusted with the catching of the fish could be
relied upon This Is the third attempt that nas been
made TO plant sole and turbOt III these waters. The
first attempt was made in 1878 by Mr.. Mathcr, OF
the United States Fish Commission, Only two ush
reached here alive. They were planted OF Nahant,
Mass. Tn second attempt was made III 1879, when
Captain Mo. timer, Of the packet ship Hamilton
Fish, succeeded IN bringing over seven alive. They
were planted by l.. q. BlackfOrd, of Sandy Hook
A large rtlon OF the riots sold III English
markets is taken on OF near the various sand hanks
between the eastern shores and the coast OF holland
The finest are taken upon the Flemish banks. In
size ths fish varies from i've TO ten pounds. Occa-
siOnalIy il attains 10 twenty pounds and sometimes
thirty pounds. The turbOt Is one OF the most pro-
lihc fishes known. In the London market sOes
the most important of sea fish. The fishing ground
fOr soles, on the Dutch coast, Is about ITS miles
long and 80 miles wide. The sole has very hnc and
very pOin ed teeth the lower jaw, and "A number
of very short and delicate barOules on the white
side of the body around the mouth. One OF the
largest sole fisheries is III DevOnshlTe In London,
90 900, 900 soes alone sold IN year.
Tle tsh were shipped 10 this country IN two large
wooden vessels each containing d smaller vessel
placed above and connected with tap and DO3e-
plpe so as TO keep up continual flow OF water, and
also to admit air into the vessel Each vessel
had two cTOsspieces Ot board to prevent the wafer
rom splashing much wheu the steamer roIed. The
fish were not fed at all during the voyage, because
they can remain long time without food, and iOr
fear OF cOntamD&ting the water.