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Pensacola fishermen have caught all the pompanos that they could and 

 have sold them readily, although at a low price. It is probable that 

 there will be a good many taken in May, and as they become less abun- 

 dant elsewhere the prices will be better. 



Bluefish did not appear until the last of April, and none have been 

 seen in a large body. They are caught in company with Spanish, mack- 

 erel in small lots. The bunches are small in number and the fish small 

 iu size. It is strange that there are so few large bluefish on this coast 

 similar to those found on the Atlantic coast. Bluefish will likely be 

 caught all summer in considerable quantities, although the fishermen 

 do not expect as good a run as usual. 



The following figures are given to show the difference in the catch of 

 these shore fishes of the past two seasons, from the first run to the 1st 

 of May. In 1884, the season began the 1st of March, and in 1885 it 

 began the 1st of April. Pompano, 1884, 10,G32 fish ; 1885, G,988 fish. 

 Spanish mackerel, 1884, 33,212 pounds; 1885, 121,931 pounds. Bluefish, 

 1884, 39,580 pounds; 1885, 6,000 pounds. The prices of 1885 have av- 

 eraged one-third less than those of 1884. 



Pensacola, Fla., May 1, 1885. 



63 PROPOSED TRANSMISSION OF SALMON EGCS TO CHILI AND 



IMPORTATION OF CHILIAN SPECIES OF FISHES. 



By JUAN DE JLA C. CERDA. 



On sending the salmon spawn to Chili it will necessarily have to be 

 under the charge of some competent person, who must not only know 

 how to overcome the difficulties the voyage presents, but also to super- 

 intend their hatching in Chili and the preparation of the fish at the first 

 period before letting them loose in the rivers. 



In a word, what we want to realize in Chili is the establishment of one 

 or more hatching houses, taking as a model those of the United States, 

 not only for the introduction of salmon, carp, and other foreign fish, but 

 likewise the study of ours, of which up to the present very little is known, 

 since no one has taken the trouble to study them from an industrial point 

 of view. 



In order to carry out the wishes of my government to make a con- 

 tract with the person who is to take the salmon and fit up the hatching 

 houses, I have seen several persons in this city who have been recom- 

 mended to me as competent in this branch. Up to the present, however, 

 1 have not entered into any arrangement with any of these gentlemen, 

 as the epoch for realizing this enterprise is still distant, being in the 

 months of September and October ; nevertheless, the necessary prepa- 

 rations nmst be made in August. 



From what I know of some of the rivers in California, as the Sac- 

 ramento, San Joaquin and its affluents, I can assure you that it would 



