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consequence a certain Captain Bade has established himself in the 

 neighborhood of the city and engaged in the sea-fishery exclusively. 

 At the mouth of the Warne many hundreds of salmon are now y«arly 

 caught. In consequence the magistrate has petitioned Hc.rr Brussow 

 to have 30,000 to 50,000 salmon eggs hatched for him and the fry planted 

 in the Warnow basin. On the whole coast of Mecklenburg the salmon 

 fishing has experienced a remarkable improvement. I am sorry to say 

 that undersized salmon are also caught and secretly sold. 



Schlesicig-Holstein. — Yon Stemann, at Reudsburg, writes that the 

 Ehine salmon was extinct in these waters, but that now it is caught 

 more plentifnlly than the sea trout. In the fall of last year fine speci- 

 mens were sold at 50 pfenings (12 cents) per pound. Up to October 

 5, in the Treene, between Eggebeck and Tarb, G4 salmon were caught. 

 To get salmon spawn several large inclosures were constructed to hold 

 the fish until ripe. Since the fishermen catch plenty of sea trout, brook 

 trout, and the hitherto unknown Ehine salmon, the repute of the Fish- 

 ery Union grows year by year. The salmon have now reached a weight 

 of 8 pounds each. In 1881 9 males of 3 to 4J i)ounds were taken, and 

 in 1882 the first mature females of 6f pounds were caught, and 5,000 

 eggs fecundated. The Luhnau and Wehrau have got a very good stock 

 of trout and sea trout, through the planting of fry. The results of fry- 

 planting always consist in increase. Between Flensburg and Alsen- 

 langballig many salmon and sea trout were taken this winter, which 

 were in great demand, and brought the fishermen from 1.50 to 1.70 marks 

 per pound. But a short time ago, in the neighborhood of Flensburg, 

 at one haul 50 pounds of sea trout were taken, which brought the fish- 

 ermen 80 marks. At Owschlag about 500 pounds of salmon and sea 

 trout are caught in the winter. The Eider, below Rendsburg, yields 

 many Rhine salmon and sea trout weighing from 3 to 7 pounds apiece. 

 The catch of salmon and sea trout at the village of Brammer, which 

 is very considerable for so small a stream as the Jevenau, gives striking 

 proof of the increase of these fishes through the planting of fry. B. Eis- 

 ner, fish breeder at Alt-Muhlendorf, reports that since the founding of 

 the fish-breeding establishment, from a comparatively small number of 

 planted fry, noteworthy good results have followed. Of the fry of sea 

 trout liberated in 1881, according to the statement of fishermen, great 

 quantities (basketsful) of the size of medium herring were caught at 

 Eckernfoerde in 1882, in the basket-nets that stand in the bay of Eckern- 

 foerde. In the spring of 1882 sea-trout fry were turned out at Neu- 

 stadt, and now, as the fishermen say, in the bay of Neustadt, small sea 

 trout are taken at every haul of the seine. Since great success has been 

 experienced in other parts of the province also, the fishermen, otherwise 

 hard to convince, take a lively interest in the matter. 



The German Fischerei Zeituug, No. 24, reports from London, under 

 date of August 15, that the salmon fishery in Scotland has been extra- 

 ordinarily productive the past month, so that the price fell to Gd. per 



