174 'I'lnrli/-!<i.rlli AiiiukiI Mecling 



M;iy and June: tlic fisli urr wcll-iiniirislit'd niul n])]);in'ii11y 

 sdimd. and the cause of ihc iiioftalit v is no! known, alllioiiu-li 

 M y.\os|)oridia liave been suspcclcd. 



Tlie ciillivation of tlie Atlantic salmon in Norway is con- 

 dncted at si'veral lari>'e i^mvernment stations, and tlie work is verv 

 populai'. More dependence, however, is placed on le.u'islat ion 

 than on ai'tillcial propauation to maintain the >npply, a new law. 

 which went into elVect in IIH).'). has a prominent feature in a 

 <-lose-time on net lishin,u- from Friday to Monday. As is well 

 known, Norway is \isited hy many anulei's I'l'oni Kn,i:land and 

 other luirop.ean countries, and the best salmon streams are in 

 ,Ui-eat (U'lnand. For exnmi)le. on the Fardal KMvcr the land 

 ownci-s, mostly peasants, now receive .$10, (MM) to $r.M»;»(» an- 

 nually for the an.nlinu' ))rivile,i;\'s, and obtain also many indii-ec( 

 henelits. In iiorthei-n Noi-way thei'c are \alualile salmon waters 

 that as yet are ])i'act ically untouched, owin-i' to tlu'ir remote- 

 ness and the absence of markets; hut along the western and 

 so\itliern coasts depletion lias occurred and replenishment has 

 not been effected. In these circnmstances, the Societv for the 

 Promotion of the Xorwegian Fisheries — a semi-official oi-gani- 

 zation — is considering the introduction of the hum))l)ack salmon 

 of onr Pacific coast, and has been in coi-respondence with the 

 iisher}- de]")artmenl of the State of Washington. 1 was ques- 

 tionci] in regard to the game and food (pialities of the hump- 

 hack, and was infoi-med that pi'ohahly oOO.IMH) eggs would lu' 

 obtained this season as the initial step in the attempted ac- 

 climatization of the species. 'idle ])liysical characters of the 

 Noi'wegian coast are \-ery sinnlar to thos<' of Alaska, where the 

 liundiack abounds, and the int roihu't ion of this fish should |)rove 

 successful. 



Fish Tniiisj)()rliili()ii. 



In \'ienna i saw a nuinbci' of demonstrations of the (Ish- 

 ti'anspoiiing device, jiatented under the nanu' " liydi'obion"', 

 about which there have been several notices in the American 

 press during the past few years. Any form of vessel may be 

 nsed. but the standard fui'ni>bed bv the invenl(u- is an (dliplical 



