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Weser, according to G. Seelig, in Cassel, is now richer in salmon than 

 formerly. 



The Elbe. — Prof. A. Fric, of Prague, communicates the information 

 that so many salmon were caught in the valley of the Elbe in Bohemia 

 that the price sank to one mark (24 cents), and in June to half a mark 

 per pound. Formerly it was more than double these figures. Between 

 Leitmeritz and Kolin, according to the testimony of H. Podhorsky 

 (fisherman), more than 1,000 salmon have been cuaght this year, a num- 

 ber hitherto unheard of. The most of them weighed 8 or 9 pounds. 

 Schools of young salmon were also observed in the Moldau and Elbe, on 

 their way to the sea. 



The Saale, though barred by difiQcult dams, was visited by salmon, 

 and several were taken in the Upper Saale. Count Eantzau, at Breiten- 

 burg, in Ilolstein, reports that in the Storthe salmon were more abun- 

 dant than formerly. 



The Oder. — According to High Forester Ahlborn, of Schonthal, the 

 increase of salmon in the Kiiddow for the past four years has been re- 

 markable ; especially have many more small and medium-sized salmon 

 been observed. 



At Borkendorf many salmon were caught at the spawning time, but 

 no eggs fecundated. More efficient supervision is desirable there. Ac- 

 cording to a report of the Fishery Union for East and West Prussia, 

 small salmon of the size of Swedish anchovies (Stromling) were observed 

 in great numbers the past summer in the Drage. The fishermen of 

 Driesen had, as I am informed by Justice Prietz himself, a good catch 

 of salmon. There were caught 04 salmon, of 14 to 35 pounds weight, 

 that brought 1.1. marks per pound, so that the fishermen received 1,400 

 marks for them. This autumn the net fishery is still better. At Drie- 

 sen, up to the middle of September, 148 fish of 10 to 35 pounds had been 

 caught, and as the fishing season lasts till mid-October, the total catch 

 must be reckoned at twice that number at least. In the Drage the 

 catch at Steinbusch is reported likewise good, and the fishermen of 

 Uscz, at the mouth of the Kiiddow, are said to have taken 8 salmon in 

 a single night. 



Meclilenhurg rivers. — Councilor Brussow traveled in the spring with 

 an official of the land district of Doberan along a part of the Baltic 

 coast to inquire into the results of the planting of salmon fry, and which 

 he found to bave been very considerable. Formerly in the district of 

 Doberan on a stretch of coast 2i miles long lived three sea fishermen, of 

 whom two followed the fishery only as a secondary occupation, and 

 obtained but a scanty subsistence. Since 1880 the salmon fishery has 

 become more important, and now in the same district there are eight 

 fishermen subsisting exclusively and with comparatively ample earn- 

 ings upon the sea fishery. Their catch consists mainly of salmon, sea 

 trout, and herring, with a few flatfish and cusk. The magistrate of Wis- 

 mar reports that the salmon fishery has much improved, and that in 



