1 88 The Smithsonian Institution 



culture ' scarcely exists except in America, though in Europe 

 many eminent men of science appreciate its importance and 

 are striving to educate the people up to the point of support- 

 ing it." These words, after the lapse of thirteen years, are 

 still true. 



In 1883 Professor Huxley remarked: " If the people of 

 Great Britain are going to deal seriously with the sea fisher- 

 ies, and not let them take care of themselves, as they have 

 done for the last thousand years or so, they have a very 

 considerable job before them, and unless they put into the 

 organization of the fisheries the energy, the ingenuity, the 

 scientific knowledge, and the professional skill which char- 

 acterize my friend Professor Baird and his assistants, their 

 efforts are not likely to come to very much good." " I do 

 not think," he added, " that any nation at the present time 

 has comprehended the question of dealing with fish in so 

 thorough, excellent, and scientific a spirit as the United 

 States." 



The juries of the Fishery Exhibition in Berlin in 1880 said 

 in their official report : " We must thank America for the prog- 

 ress which fish-culture has made during the past decade." 



The principal French authority, M. Raveret-Wattel, wrote: 

 " Nowhere has a Government given so much enlightened care 

 to the rational cultivation of the waters, and afforded such 

 efficient protection and generous encouragement." 



The importance of his services to fishery economy were 

 perhaps more fully recognized in Germany than elsewhere. At 

 the first great International Fishery Exhibition, — that held in 

 Berlin in 1880, — the magnificent silver trophy, the first prize 

 of honor, was awarded to him by the Emperor. His portrait 

 was placed over the entrance to the American court, and 

 Herr von Behr, president of the German Fishery Union, 

 never passed beneath it without taking off his hat in honor of 



