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usually productive during the past winter, as, in addition to 

 the large catch of herring already referred to, codfish have 

 been taken in very great numbers. At a single station on 

 the British coast 20,000 fine cod, besides numbers of turbo t, 

 halibut, etc., were landed in the course of a few days. The 

 price received for a full-sized cod by the fishermen is about 

 thirty-five cents. These are sent to London by steamer and 

 railway. A single week's catch netted to the fishermen over 

 $7500. 



The spawn of the cod is said to ripen about the beginning 

 of March; and Mr. Buckland thinks that the 15th of March 

 should be the first day of a close time for cod, which should 

 last eight or ten weeks, during which time their capture 

 should not be permitted. 2 A, March 2, 1872, 150. 



BREEDING OF SMELT IN EUROPE. 



According to an article in Land and Water, the European 

 smelt, so closely allied to our own, is found abundantly in 

 the mouths of the rivers of Holland, about August, meeting 

 then the descending fry ; and after spending the winter there, 

 it spawns in the following spring. It is, however, stated that 

 smelts will flourish well in fresh-water ponds, and that they 

 have actually been propagated where they were entirely cut 

 off from the sea, no difference from the others being appre- 

 ciable in their taste. 2 A, March 2, 1872, 151 



RAISING OTSEGO BASS. 



One of the recent enterprises of Mr. Seth Green, the well- 

 known fish-breeder of Rochester, is his effort to renew the 

 supply of bass in Otsego Lake. The name of this fish is an- 

 other instance of the indefiniteness of the common names of 

 fish, since the true bass belong to the perch family, while the 

 one in question is allied to the whitefish of the lakes, a spe- 

 cies of Coregonns. A hatching-house, capable of developing 

 at least half a million of eggs, has been erected at Otsego 

 Lake expressly for the purpose, and is already partially filled. 

 Rochester Democrat. 



FISHERIES ON THE COAST OF NORW r AY. 



The fishing season on the coast of Norway has been un- 

 usually good during the past winter, no less than 500,000 



