330 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
While, of course, the necessity of laws and regulations disciplining fisheries 
in order to maintain their productiveness is unquestionable, we believe, never- 
theless, that instruction and education are also great factors in preventing 
abuses and reaching a better standard. Instruction to this effect ought there- 
fore to be imparted to the people at large in elementary and secondary schools, 
and this without speaking of the necessity of greater education along these lines 
to those who will be called upon to exercise their activity in the economic life 
of the nation. 
Second. In having established advisory bodies, such as the Central Consul- 
tative Commission for Fisheries and compartimental commissions subordinate 
to the former, operating in the four or five maritime districts in which the 
peninsula has been divided for this purpose, and in having established besides 
provincial commissions on fishing. There are altogether about 25 such bodies. 
Third. In having created three piscicultural stations, one at Brescia, 
another at Belluno, and a third at Rome, the latter in charge of Professor 
Vinciguerra, whom we have the pleasure of seeing at this meeting. These 
stations are intrusted with manifold duties, the principal of which is the incu- 
bation of the spawn and raising of the fry wherewith to provide for the repopu- 
lation of inland waters with fish of choice variety, and I am glad to state in this 
connection that millions of fry have been introduced of late years in the principal 
lakes and rivers of Italy, among the new varieties introduced being several 
American species of trout and whitefish. The directors of these stations are 
also required to give periodical lectures on fish culture and to spread useful 
information in regard to the industry. It is superfluous to state that the results 
obtained have been excellent, when the comparatively small appropriation for 
their sustenance is considered, and their action bids fair to exercise a deep 
influence in the revival of fish culture in Italy. The Government has also 
in late years, with the cooperation of local bodies in Venice, established a 
school for fishermen and for the preparation of technical men, which has sup- 
plied a want that had indeed been long felt and which has already accomplished 
much good in organizing the fishermen of the Venetian shore for a cooperative 
method of work. Courses of biology in connection with fish culture have also 
been instituted at the universities of Rome and Messina and at the Agronomical 
Institute of Milan, and have become popular among the students. 
Fourth. In having provided money prizes and awards in medals for encourag- 
ing cooperation among fishermen and rewarding the efforts of any society or 
private party endeavoring to foster the interests of fish culture in the Kingdom. 
The action of the Government has been ably seconded by such bodies as the 
Societa Lombarda per la Pesca e l’Acquicoltura, Societa regionale Veneta per 
la Pesca e l’Acquicoltura, and Societa ’Aaliona per la Pesca. 
It is to the concomitant efforts of the Government, of technical institu- 
tions, and of men such as Pavesi, Carazzi, and others that a greater interest is 
