FIVE YEARS* PROGRESS IN FISH CULTURE IN 

 ARGENTINA 



By E. a. Tulian 



During the five years of the work of the section of fish 

 culture of the Argentine Department of Agriculture, from 

 March 1, 1904, to April 1, 1909, it has imported from the 

 United States, England, and Germany a total of 4,260,400 

 developed fish eggs of the following species and in the 

 following numbers : 



Whitefish 1,000,000 



Quinnat salmon 900,000 



Brook trout 587,700 



Lake trout 482,000 



Blueblack salmon 326,500 



Silver salmon 288,200 



Steelhead trout 253,000 



Rainbow trout 232,000 



Landlocked salmon 140.000 



Atlantic salmon 45,000 



European brown trout 6,000 



4,260,400 

 During the years 1906, 1907, and 1908 the Nahuel Huapi 

 and Santa Cruz hatcheries collected a total of 650,640 brook 

 trout eggs from brood fish which are being reared at these 

 places. The fish at the Santa Cruz Station spawned for 

 the first time in 1908, hence the supply of eggs collected 

 there was very small. It is expected that more than 500,000 

 to 800,000 eggs will be collected from brood trout at the 

 Nahuel Huapi, Santa Cruz and La Cumbre hatcheries this 

 year. The brood fish at La Cumbre are spawning this year 

 for the first time and the number collected there will be 

 small, especially as the La Cumbre hatchery is only a tem- 

 porary one, and the wafer supply so limited that at best 

 only a few fish can be reared. 



