1G8 THE FISIIEKIES. 



poorest fisherman need neA^er be without bait. Herein '^^•e hays' 

 another illustration of what science can do for the improvement 

 of the fisheries. When, in addition to these inventions, we take 

 into account the possible developments of pisciculture Ave see 

 that ac^uaculture may yet become only second to agriculture in 

 increasing the supplies of human food. 



Since the foregoing was Avritten regarding the hatching of cod- 

 fish, the following appeared, under date June 19th, 1894, in the 

 daily newspapers of St. John's, and greatly strengthens the hope 

 of a successful issue in this new departure : — 



♦'MII.I.IONS OF CODFISH— GKEAT SUCCESS OF COD 

 HATCHING AT DILDO. 



" The grand experiment of re-stocking the Avaters of Trinity 

 Bay by the artificial propagation of codfish, Avhich has been 

 going on for four years, has resulted in a magnificent success. 

 All doubts and fears are at length dissii:iated, and cavillers may 

 noAA' hide their diminished heads. The ncAvs from Dildo is of 

 the most gratifying description. Codfish, one, two and three 

 years old, are in immense numbers ; and older fish are visible 

 among them. Yesterday morning the Avater Avas A^ery calm, and 

 the fishermen could see [them at the bottom in a solid, thick 

 mass all around and outside the island. The oldest fishermen 

 declare tliey never, in all their lives, saAV so nuich fish in the 

 bay. One man, named John Pretty, had his cod-trap at Dildo . 

 Island. He overhauls]^it three times a day, and brings in a skiff- 

 load every ^time, in addition to AA'liat the hatchery takes from 

 him of spaAvning fish. He says he could haul it every hour and 

 have just as much fish in it every time. Mr. Nielsen has been 

 only tAVO days at Avork and already he has four hundred and fifty 

 fine spaAvning fish in the pond, Avith every prospect of soon gett- 

 ing enough fish to fill every available space in the hatchery Avith 

 ova. It may^be imagined Avith Avhat delight he finds his toils 

 and anxieties so nobly reAvarded. What has been done in Trinity 

 Bay can be done in^^CA'ery bay in the island. The depleted Avatcrs 

 can be restored to their former abundance, and, as in the "good 



