450 KEPOET OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] 



eries in tlie autumn of 1874, while during the following years, they were 

 l)oor. The successful fisheries of the year 1874 may possibly be traced 

 to the planting of young salmon in 1872, for the male salmon often 

 leave the sea and ascend the rivers in their third year. In the autunm 

 of 1881 a considerable number of salmon were observed at the Haneck- 

 enfahr weir (which has a salmon-way) above Lingen. In the fiopster 

 Eiver (i. e., in its lower portion) there were caught, in 1880, 9 salmon ; 

 in 1881, 62 ; and m 1882, inclusive of those caught in the lower portion 

 of the Voltlager stream (a tributary of the Hopster Eiver), about 500 

 pounds. The Quakenbruck salmon fisheries in the river Haase, in 1880, 

 yielded 20 salmon ; in 1881, 50 ; and in 1882 (including some fish caught 

 in the Wran, a tributary of the Haase), 900 pounds. 



Near Friesaythe (Oldenburg) the annual yield of the salmon fisheries 

 was, under favorable circumstances, about 40 fish ; while in the autumn 

 of 1882, although the fisheries could only be carried on for eight days, 

 owing to the high water, 30 salmon, weighing on an average 10 pounds 

 apiece, were caught during that short time, from which we may draw 

 the conclusion that a larger number of salmon than usual came that 

 way. 



I must not forget to notice that a number of salmon iuade their ap- 

 pearance in the river Werse (a tributary of the Ems), near Munster, 

 where I planted young salmon in 1878. Favored by the high water, a 

 number of salmon coming from the sea crossed the weir in the Ems 

 near Eheine and ascended the Werse, where, in the ]>egiuning of Ju'y, 

 1882, salmon very unexpectedly made their appearance near the Havich- 

 horst Mills. Owing to the lack of the necessary fishing apparatus, only 

 a few could be caught ; but when the water had again become clear 

 some 20 salmon could be observed in front of the mill-dam. Even the 

 oldest inhabitants could not recollect ever having seen salmon in that 

 neighborhood. (See Circulars of the German Fishery Association, 1882, 

 pp. 129 and 130 ; 1883, p. 15.) In July, 1883, some more salmon were 

 seen in the Werse, and both in its lower portion, as well as in the Ems, 

 near the place Avhere the Werse flows into it, many such fish have been 

 observed, as is stated in the oflicial reports. 



I now come to the Ehine, one of our most important salmon rivers, 

 and my observations will of course also embrace the Netherlands, where 

 the Ehine flows into the sea. 



When the French Government was still in possession of Huningeo, 

 it took great trouble to introduce young salmon in the Ehine valley, 

 and since 1870 Germany and Switzerland have continued to plant young 

 salmon. During the period from 1879 to 1881, young salmon from Hu- 

 uingen have also been planted on French territory near the sources of 

 the Moselle, near Epinal, &c. The Netherlands have also followed the 

 example set by Germany, and the Dutch Government pays rewards for 

 the planting of young salmon. 



The largest share of the Ehine salmon fisheries at present belongs 



