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conditions of water and temperature; in the autumn of 1882, however, 

 {)i salmon were cauglit at SteinbuscL. If. in spite of these facts, the 

 salmon visit the Upper Oder irregularly, the reason must be found in 

 the condition of tbe sandy bed of the river. 



On the Mecklenburg- coast formerly from 80 to 100 salmon were caught 

 per annum ; but since the fish-cultural establishment of Schwerin (under 

 the superintendence of Mr. Briissow) has planted young salmon and sea 

 trout in the open waters, the annual yield of the Meckleuberg fisheries has 

 been about 2,000, and in 1882 these were jirincipally young lish weigh- 

 ing from 3 to 8 pounds apiece. Very remarkable results can be chroni- 

 cRhI for the Darssow Inlet. After the Schweriu establishment had, in 

 1870-'71, commenced to i)lant young fry in the river Stepenitz, many 

 salmon have been caught in the Darssow Inlet, a fact which the fisher- 

 men at first attempted to keep secret. Very good sea-trout fisheries 

 have sprung up on the coast near Doberan, the fish weighing from 1 to 2 

 pounds, since the Schweriu establishment began to plant most of its 

 young fry in the Doberan stream near Wismar. (See Deutsche Fischerci- 

 Zeitung, 188^, pp. 170 and 171 ; 1883, p. 18 ; also, Von dem Borne's 

 '•'■FisGhcrei-Yerhaltnisse des Deutsclien Reiches,^^ &c., Berlin, 18G0, \). 83.) 



Since 18G0 the river Travc has been stocked with young salmon from 

 the piscicultural establishment at Lubeck, and the experiment has 

 proved very successful. Besides the blue-backed salmon there were 

 also found silver-colored Ehine salmon, as eggs of both kinds had been 

 hatched. At one haul 800 pounds of Rhine salmon were caught near 

 the mouth of the Trave. (See Circular 1 of the Genuan Fishery Asso- 

 ciation, 1871, p. 90, and Fritsche's " Die Flussjisehcrei in Ldhmen,^^ Prague, 

 1871, p. 15.) The Trave salmon fisheries developed still farther, after 

 (since 1872) the fish-cultural establishment of Gremsmuhlen, near Eutin, 

 (under the superintendence of Mr. Bruhns) began to plant salmon fry 

 in theriverSchwarzan, which flows into the Trave. In 1878 the Haft"- 

 krug fisliermen caught 2,000 i)0unds of salmon, a larger quantity than 

 had hitherto been taken here. In 1879 the fishermen of Niendorf, 

 Schaarbeck, Ilatfkrug, and Sierksdorf caught 6,400 pounds of salmon 

 during the period from the beginning of April till the 25th of April. 

 Unfortunately we liave no data respecting the Schlutui)and Travemunde 

 fisheries, where likewise many salmon were caught. (Report by Mr. 

 Bruhns in Circular of the German Fishery Association, 1879, p. 09, and 

 1881, p. 148.) 



I now come to the river Weser, whose salmon-culture I have already 

 spoken of in the current volume (Vol. VI) of the Deutsche Fischerei- 

 Zeitung, p. 182. The salmon fisheries near Hameln, where these fish 

 meet their first hinderance in ascending the stream In the shape of a 

 large weir, furnish a good basis for judging the results of artificial sal- 

 mon-culture. After the Hameln town council had taken an interest in 

 the matter, and had established a salmon hatchery, which was jdaced 

 fu charge of Mr. Schieber, the planting" of salmon fry was begun in 



