THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF AUSTRIA. 597 



at Lubatowka, by Mr. Ludwig Lindes, of which he gives the following 

 account in the Vienna Agricultural Journal, No. 51, 1869 : 



" From my own experience, I can testify to the fact that in a wild 

 mountain-region, where, two years ago, the name salmon was entirely 

 unknown, nobody having any idea how such a fish looked, at this day, 

 ever5 r peasant is able to distinguish the trout from the Salmo salveli- 

 mis, and this from the lake-trout, &c. ; that where formerly there were 

 marshy openings, which, from times immemorial, had been entirely 

 unproductive, there are now pleasant lakes, which are densely populated 

 with all sorts of trout and salmon, which received the germ of life at 

 the piscicuitural establishment of Salzburg, and which, in an embryonic 

 state, traveled a distance of 553 miles in order to reach their present 

 dwelling-place. This became possible only through artificial hatching!" 



According to later information, (Der Wiener landicirthschaftlichen 

 Zeitung, November 5, 1870,) the establishment at present comprises 

 thirty basins, or small lakes, covering a total area of 6 acres. From the 

 year I860 there were left over 4,000 tish, (Salmo salvelinus, salmon-trout, 

 and lake-trout,) which in eighteen months had reached an average 

 length of 11 inches, and a weight of 23 ounces, besides these there were 

 2,000 perch and 3,200 crawfish; of young fish, from 18G9, 18,000, which, 

 during the first six months of their life, reached an average length of 5 

 inches. 



In Hungary, the government has recently appropriated $10,000 for 

 fish-culture, of which $5,000 are to go toward the foundation of a pisci- 

 cuitural establishment, which will be supported by the government, and 

 $2,500 apiece to the assistance of two existing private enterprises. 



A fisherman who was educated in Salzburg is at the head of the 

 well-managed private piscicuitural establishment at Szomolany, in the 

 district of Pressburg. 



In Transylvania, fish-culture, according to the Hermannstadt Gazette, 

 is in a flourishing condition, and there are several piscicuitural societies. 

 The trout-raising establishment in Ireck, founded in 1869, got its spawn 

 from Salzburg and Tartlau ; the result was a very favorable one, and 

 it has now on hand 1,200 trout, varying in length from 4 to 6 inches, 

 which might have been sent to market in the autumn of 1870. 



From this review, it will be seen that the results which fish-culture 

 has so far obtained in Austria are very small, as far as the increase of fish 

 in the open waters, viz, in the lakes, rivers, and brooks, is concerned. 

 There are ouly a few exceptions, such as the Aim Lake, belonging to 

 the chapter of Kremsmiinster, a few lakes and brooks in Salzburg, &c. 



It is ouly recently that the Salzburg company has made a begin- 

 ning of placing impregnated spawn iu the open waters which were 

 placed at its disposal. Most of our organizations have limited their 

 activity to the trade in fish-eggs, or to the raising of -a few fish, for 

 which the small enclosed waters belonging to them were sufficient. 



Agents of foreign piscicuitural establishments, especially Hiiningen 

 and Stormontfield, visit several of the provinces of Austria every year, 



