International Fisheries Exhibition, 
LONDON, 1883. 
CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1883. 
THE Chair was taken at 11 o’clock by the MARQUIS OF 
EXETER, who, after referring to the Inaugural Address by 
Professor Huxley, and the Paper by H.R.H. the Duke 
of Edinburgh, said the Conference would to-day be 
invited to give their attention to another branch of the 
great question of our fisheries, one which, though nearer 
home, and perhaps less exciting—for it involved no danger 
to either life or limb—was of great importance, and to 
many persons formed a most interesting pursuit. He 
alluded to the attempts which had been made to increase 
the value of our fisheries by artificial breeding and by 
importation ; and they were much favoured in having the 
subject opened with a Paper by Sir James G. Maitland, 
Bart., who had devoted a great deal of time and energy to 
fish culture. 
Sir James G. Maitland then read his paper as follows: 
pik CULTURE OF SALMONIDAE AND 
tine ACCEIMATIZATION OF) FRESE 
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The culture of Salmonidae properly understood embraces 
not only their artificial propagation, but also the production 
of their food; the regulation of their ascent to their spawn- 
ing beds and of their descent to their feeding grounds ; the 
manner of their capture and their rapid and economic con- 
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