396 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



PKOQRESS AIV» BESUt.TS OF FI.^H CUrTlRE. 



GERMAN CARP. 

 [From the Galveston Daily News, March 15, 1882.] 



KoppERL, March 14. — In December last, Mr. M. B. Hendricks, one 

 of our most enterprising formers, obtained from the fisli commissioner 

 a limited number of German carp. When brought here they were about 

 one inch long. Now they are abont six inches long and growing finely. 

 Mr. Hendricks has expended a good deal of time and money in prepar- 

 ing for this experiment, and it bids fair to succeed. He has two large 

 ponds and is building a third, all fed by springs on his farm. He has 

 a fine supply of native fish, also. 



EiXFORD, Fla., 3[arch 13, 1882. 

 Dear Sir: I am pleased to be able to report tha^ this morning, for 

 the first time, my carj) show signs of spawning. They come to the shore 

 in pairs, and by threes and fours; show no signs of fear when I ap- 

 proach, evidently attending to business. Will report again as they 

 hatch. 



Yery respectfully, yours, 



GEO. C. EIXFOKD. 



Prof. S. F. Baird. 



The fish above referred to were sent from Washington, !N"ovember 6, 

 1879. 



SUltlMARY OF FISHffNO KECORI>f«8, FOR SIIA1> A\l> AILEAVIVES 

 KE5»T AT ^VaiiLO^V BRANCH FISIIERV, NORTH CAB01.IIVA, FROM 

 1S35 TO lSr4. 



By J. W. MILNER. 



The following tables, prepared by the late Prof. J. W. Milner, chief 

 assistant U. S. Fish Commission, are the first of a series designed by 

 him to place on record all accessible data exhibiting the products and 

 illustrating the fluctuations of our river fisheries. 



Willow Branch Fishery, North Carolina, situated just within the 

 mouth of the Chowan Eiver, was one of the most valuable of the exten- 

 sive seine fisheries lying around the head of the Albemarle. Its rec- 

 ords, running almost continuously from 1835 to 1874, present most in- 

 teresting material for study: and, when taken in connection with other 

 records of the Albemarle fisheries which are extant, and cotemporaneous 

 meteorological observations, will probably furnish valuable conclusions 

 in regard to the laws or influence^ determining the great seasonal fluc- 

 tuations in the river fisheries. 



