408 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Fish transported from Duck Island to Detroit. — The follow- 

 ing statemeut was famished by Mr. C. W. Gauthier, a wholesale fish- 

 dealer of Detroit, aud was transmitted iu a letter from H. C. Christiaucy, 

 special deputy collector of customs, Detroit, Mich., dated October 23, 



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Fish iransjjorted hi) the steamer E. E. Itoberts, from the Canadian JislicrUs at Duck Island 

 in Lake Huron, to Detroit, 2Iich.,from May, 1833, to and including August :iO, 188.'). 



Gold medal to Fr ofessor Baird.— Ou April 30, 18SG, the U. S. 

 Department of State transmitted to Prof. Spencer F. Baird a letter of 

 thanks and a gold medal which had been unanimously awarded to him 

 by the departmental commission of fish-culture of the Lower Seine, 

 France, on iSTovember 20, 1885, in acknowledgment of the supply of 

 rainbow trout eggs {Salmo irit?e?fs) which resulted in the acclimatization 

 of this species in tlie department of the Lower Seine. In his reply to 

 the president of the commission, Professor Baird said that he would 

 transfer the medal to the U. S. Fish Commission, as the service was 

 rendered iu behalf of that branch of the Government and not by him as 

 an individual. 



Fish-culture in Scotland.— A circular from the Howietoun Fish- 

 ery, Stirling, records the successful exportation of 200,000 salmon eggs 

 to Xew Zealand and 100,000 Loch Leven trout eggs to is'^ewfoundland 

 last season. The landlocked salmon from Maine have thrived aud will 

 spawn next spring. The rainbow trout have not grown so rapidly as 

 the Loch Leven. The prices of eggs per thousand are: Loch Leven, 805 

 brown trout, $5; American brook trout (fontinaUs), $7.50. The prices 

 for fry are just double these figures. 



Sardine fisheries in France.— The boats used in fishing lor sar- 

 dines are about 20 feet in length. They are square at the stern and 

 sharp and high forward, thus sailing more easily but being a bttle more 

 liable to upset. The nets are not weighted with lead, and are about 65 

 to 100 feet long by about 20 to 25 feet wide, made of fine thread, and 

 meshed so that the sardines run their heads through and are caught by 

 the gills. The upper portion of the net is fioated by corks, which keep 

 it in a vertical i)osition. The bait, which is exported from Norway, con- 

 sists of codfish eggs which have been preserved in brine. 



