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great economic value of fish culture, Avitli which you are 

 familiar, is only for the purpose of giving a perspective, 

 as it were, to the ideas herein to be suggested for considera- 

 tion as a possible means of further promoting this great 

 cause. It is well, also, at times to review the ground over 

 which we have passed, so that by noting the successes our 

 enthusiasm may be newly awakened. 



We have now reached a point in the history of hsh cult- 

 ure when we may proudly point to great results achieved 

 in the actual and undoubted restoration of depleted waters, 

 and from which we may fairly hope for a realization of the 

 dreams of the enthusiasts, who have patiently plodded 

 along in the paths laid out by the pioneers of lish culture, 

 undismayed by the Yliscouragements awaiting them at 

 every turn. What has been, and is, should give a sugges- 

 tion of what may be. Doubtless, in the minds of many, 

 we have, in some directions at least, almost achieved the 

 limits of possibility. To others, however, familiar with 

 the statistics of output and production, increased produc- 

 tion is only a matter of increased propagation. A¥hen we 

 consider that in the case of the shad alone, the survival of 

 live per cent, of the fry distributed by the United States 

 Fish Commission will supply the entire shad-catch of the 

 Atlantic coast, we begin to get some idea of the possibili- 

 ties resulting from work carried on on a scale of adequate 

 magnitude. When we realize that in this lish alone, since 

 1880, the catch has been doubled, resulting in an addition 

 of over $1,000,000 per annum to the food production of the 

 country, the great economic value of tish culture becomes 

 more apparent. The great influx of shad during the present 

 season, completely glutting the market, shows a continued 

 rapid ratio of increase as the work of propagation is 

 increased. The introduction and rapid spread of shad on 

 the Pacilic coast is a further proof of the beneiicent effects 

 of hsh culture. 



The whiteflsh is another notable example of the great 



