48 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
ie ne Ai 1G NT ees a a 
ture. [Reports of the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of 
California, I., 1870-1871 (1872) ; II., 1872-3 (1874); * 3 ts] 
XLIX. 1870—Establishment of the New Fersey ish Commésston—tin 
1870 the New Jersey Commission was organized, B. P. Howell and J. 
H. Slack, Commissioners. From 1871 to 1880 the appropriations were 
$29,500. [Reports of the Commission of Fisheries of the State of 
New Jersey, I., 1871 (1870?) ; II., 1872 (1871 ?); IIL, 1872; [V., 1873; ve 
1874; VI., 1875; VII., 1876; VIII. 1877 ; [X., 1878; X., 1879; XL1., 1880.] 
L. 1870 —Establishment of the Rhode [sland Fésh Commzsston.—In 1868 
Rhode Island appointed commissioners to investigate the practicabil- 
ity of restocking the waters of the State with salmon and other migra- 
tory fish. In1871 regular Commissioners of Fisheries appear to have 
been first chosen, these being John H. Barden, Newton Dexter and 
Alfred A. Reed, Jr, Between 1870 and 1879 the State appropriated 
$10,500 for purposes connected with fish culture and the fisheries. 
[Reports of the Commissioners on Inland Fisheries, I., (?), 1869; IL., 
172% Whlet87350V5; 1874 5'Vi3 287535 V1,:78763' VIL; 18775 Vil nezes 
IX., 1879; X., 1880.] 
LI. 1870—Atkins’ Device of Penning Migratory Fish—This device, 
which was’ provided for in 1870, but not carried into effect till the fol- 
lowing year, consisted in obtaining seed fishes by purchase through 
the whole period of immigration into the rivers prior to spawning, 
and preserving them in ponds for from four to six months. “This,” 
says Milner, “is an original method, never, I believe, before adopted 
in any country.” [MILNER:I.c., p, 543.] 
LIT. 1870—Successful Propagation of Lake Trout—Al\though expe- 
riments with this species were made in Connecticut as early as 1857, 
and also by Mr. Wilmot in 1868, and by Mr. N. W. Clark in 1870, the 
first considerable success was that by Mr. Seth Green in the same 
year. [Reports New York Commission. MILNER: Rep. U.S, F.C., 
Part.Ll., p. 553+] 
LUI. 1871—Estableshment of the American Fish Culturist Association. 
—In 1871 the American Fish Culturist Association was organized. Its 
original members were William Clift, A. S. Collins, Fred. Mather, Dr. 
J. H. Slack and Livingston Stone. Its influence upon public opinion, 
and the aid it has rendered to fish culture, have been important be- 
yond the possibility of statement. Its meetings have all been held in 
New York city, with the exception of the special meeting in Philadel- 
phia in October, 1876. At the seventh annual meeting, 1878, the name 
of the society was changed to “The American Fish Cultural Associa- 
tion.” [Transactions American Fish Culturists Association, I., 1872, IL., 
