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the map, has a superabundance of lakes and rivers, greater results than 

 hitherto could be obtained. Even if the fish did not fetch a very high 

 price at home, they could, be exported, if not fresh, at least smoked 

 salted, or frozen. 



If France, with whose circumstances I am but imperfectly acquainted, 

 cannot show any great results of fish-culture, although it has been car- 

 ried on here for a longer period than in any other country, this certainly 

 must be owing to the methods which are followed. If anything is to be 

 accomplished in fish-culture, practice must go hand in hand with science. 

 As far as my superficial knowledge goes, the professors wanted to man- 

 age everything in France ; but this will not do. What are needed are 

 men of practical experience, who devote themselves to fish-culture intel- 

 ligently and with some degree of enthusiasm. 



I would recommend that if somewhere in Finland you have an intel- 

 ligent landed proprietor, in some suitable locality, a private piscicul- 

 tural establishment be started on his estates, and that you aid such a 

 man, whenever he needs aid, with the light of your knowledge. Even 

 if the immediate profit should be but small, it may increase in time. At 

 any rate it will pay to go to all this trouble ; whilst this cannot be said 

 of a Government establishment. 



64 — AN OPINION REGARDING THE ANSWER OF R. ECKAKDT TO 



PROFESSOR iTIAIilTIGREN.* 



By CHAMBERLAIN voai POLENZ, 



Mr. Eckardt proves, by striking figures, that Dr. Malmgren is wrong, 

 when, in his pamphlet, he says: '-Germany's efforts in fish-culture, and 

 more especially those made by the German Fishery Association, have 

 led to no results whatever, and the reports of the committee of that 

 association are highly colored and unreliable." In the course of his 

 remarks Mr. Eckardt condemns all Government piscicultural establish- 

 ment, in general, and that of Hiiuingen in particular, saying, among 

 other things : " The Imperial piscicultural establishment at Htiningen 

 is of no practical use whatever." 



When Mr. Eckardt, a leader in matters pertaining to fish-culture, pub- 

 licly pronounces such an anathema, it appears desirable for many people 

 who take an interest in fish-culture that Mr. Eckardt should give the 

 reasons for his view more in detail than he has done in the article 

 referred to, in No. 15 of the Fischerei-ZeiUciig. 



Stimulated by the example of the Hiiniugen establishment I have, 

 since 1853, given close personal attention to fish-culture, and have with 

 great interest followed the development of the Hiiningen establishment 

 from year to year, and have thereby gained the conviction that that 



* " Eine Ansicht iiber die Antwort B. Eckardt's an Professor Dr. Malmgren," in the 

 Deutsche Fischerei-Zeilung, Vol. VI, No. 17, Stettiu, April 24, 1883. Translated from 

 the German by Herman Jacobsox. 



