CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1883. 



THE Chair was taken at n o'clock by the MARQUIS OF 

 EXETER, who, after referring to the Inaugural Address by 

 Professor Huxley, and the Paper by H.R.H. the Duke 

 of Edinburgh, said the Conference would to-day be 

 invited to give their attention to another branch of the 

 great question of our fisheries, one which, though nearer 

 home, and perhaps less exciting for it involved no danger 

 to either life or limb was of great importance, and to 

 many persons formed a most interesting pursuit. He 

 alluded to the attempts which had been made to increase 

 the value of our fisheries by artificial breeding and by 

 importation ; and they were much favoured in having the 

 subject opened with a Paper by Sir James G. Maitland, 

 Bart., who had devoted a great deal of time and energy to 

 fish culture. 



Sir James G. Maitland then read his paper as follows : 



THE CULTURE OF SALMONIDAE AND 

 THE ACCLIMATIZATION OF FRESH- 

 WATER FISH. 



The culture of Salmonidae properly understood embraces 

 not only their artificial propagation, but also the production 

 of their food ; the regulation of their ascent to their spawn- 

 ing beds and of their descent to their feeding grounds ; the 

 manner of their capture and their rapid and economic con- 



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