244 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



61—AMERICAtf FISH BEING ACCEIITIATIZED IIV FRANCE. 



By C. BAVERET-WATTEL. 



[From his annual report on the doings of the French National Acclimatization Society 



in 1883.*] 



Two valuable species of American fish are in process of acclimatiza- 

 tion in France. One is the Salmo fontinalis, which is now increasing 

 rapidly ; the other is the Salmo quinnat (California salmon), a species that 

 is also increasing and that has been found in many of our watercourses. 

 Thanks to the kindness of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, it has been possible 

 for us also to continue during the past year certain interesting experi- 

 ments in acclimating other species. Indeed we are indebted to Pro- 

 fessor Baird for generous shipments of the eggs of three fish, whose 

 acquisition in our inland waters would be very advantageous. These 

 are the American Great Lake trout (Salmo namaycusli), whitefish (Coreg- 

 onus albus), and lake salmon (Salmo salar var. sebago). 'The Salmo 

 namaycusli is a trout of very rapid growth, as has already been stated; 

 the Coregonus albus, with its delicate and firm flesh, could advantage- 

 ously take a place beside the /era and the lavaret ; and the lake salmon 

 or landlocked salmon, as it is called in the United States, which is a 

 non-migratory fish, would especially suit for stocking our inland waters; 

 and perhaps even it could be used for restocking rivers obstructed by 

 dams unprovided with fish- ways. In spite of the length of the voyage 

 the different lots of eggs reached us in the best possible condition, which 

 good result must be attributed largely to the excellent care bestowed 

 upon the shipments by Mr. Fred Mather, who was kind enough to at- 

 tend to packing the eggs. 



While these shipments of fish eggs put us under new obligations to Pro- 

 fessor Baird, other gifts were generously made us by the German Fish- 

 ery Association. The president of this association, Von Behr, forwarded 

 to us some eggs of different species of salmon, such as the grayling (Salmo 

 salvelinus), the Lake Garde trout, known under the name of carpione 

 (Salmo cqrpio), and two species of whitefish (Coregonus marwna and C. 

 albitla), which must be classed among the best food-fish. 



A medal of the second class was granted to Professor Valery-Mayet, 

 of .the National School of Agriculture at Montpellier, who has given us 

 most useful co operation in spreading and popularizing American 

 salmon. These fish from the New World are m'ore appreciated every 

 year, and, thanks to Professor Valery-Mayet, are now found in the Med- 

 iterranean, t 



* Bull. Mens, de la Soc. Nat. d' Acclimatation de France, May, 1884, pp. 117 and 134. 

 t For report on salmon caught in the rivers Aude and H6rault, see Prof. Valery- 

 Mayet's statement on page 260 of this volume. — Editor. 



