180 Thiiiy-ninih Annual Meeting 



A fishery comcntion resulted from the assenil)lini;' at 

 Dresden in June, 19(_W, of the Cjernian Fischereirat, the 

 German b^ischerei\'erein and the Saxon Fischereiverein, the 

 last in eelebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary. The 

 Fischereirat held its seventeenth session, and considered a 

 number of matters of special importance, including" reports 

 on the fish-cultural work of the affiliated societies, on the 

 introduction of eels, on i)roblems in jjond culture, etc. 



Following is a summary of the fish planted and eggs 

 furnished by the affiliated (ierman societies under imperial 

 subventions aggregating 34,000 marks, as reported at the 

 Dresden convention : 



Species.. Number. 



Grayling .40.000 eggs; 45,000 fry. 



Rainbow tront 98,450 fry; 8,900 yearlings. 



Lake trout 1,600 yearlings. 



Lake saibling 12,000 fry; 1,800 yearlings. 



American brook trout 34.000 fry; 250 yearlings. 



European 1)rook trout___99,000 eggs; 657,000 fry, plus fry for 250 

 marks ; 12,000 yearlings, plus yearlings for 

 250 marks. 



Danube salmon 1.100 yearlings. 



Whitefish S17.O00 fry; 1,512 yearlings. 



Pike 7.5011 frv: 1,590 vearlings, plus vearlings for 



50 marks. 



Carp 1,025,000 fry, 51,000 yearlings, plus yearlings 



for 625 marks ; 5,614 2-year olds, plus 2-year 

 olds for 65 marks; 2-year olds of 2,170 

 pounds weigbt ; 230 3-year olds ; 60 spawners. 



Tench 10,016 yearlings; 2,600 2-year olds, plus 150 



pounds weight. 



Pike perch 32,000 fry, plus fry for 140 marks; 30,020 year- 

 lings ; 200 pounds of spawners. 



Eel 1,000 fry, plus fry for 234 marks; 18,000 fm- 



gerlings, plus 13,500 pounds of fingerlings. 



Plaice loioOO eggs. 



Crawfish 15,100, plus crawhsli for 41 marks. 



