2 FISH CULTURE. 



fish that have been found in any of our waters are salmon 

 and shad. 



The migratory fishes which can be added to our present 

 list, are salmon, shad, and'probably herring and sea trout. 

 One of our smaller lakes contains a large quantity of one 

 of the smaller kinds of white fish — several others, the eel. 



The new fresh water fishes which, from our present 

 information, it is desirable to introduce into localities fit 

 for their multiplication and growth, are the Otsego bass, 

 the Sebago salmon and the white perch of the Ohio. 



The kinds now found in some of our waters which, we 

 think, should be more extensively disseminated, are the 

 white fish, salmon trout, black bass, pike-perch and silver 

 eels. 



The kinds of fish which especially need protection, are 

 brook trout, salmon trout, pike-perch (called Lake Cham- 

 plain pike), black bass, white fish and suckers, not be- 

 cause of the value of the last named for food for men, 

 but for food for valuable fishes. 



If each inhabitant of the State should eat one pound 

 of fish per week, at the present average price, the annual 

 cost would be one million nine hundred and eighty thou- 

 sand dollars. It is safe to say that the present consump- 

 tion is one million, most of which goes out of the State. 

 It is perfectly safe to say that wise laws, properly enforced, 

 would afford this same amount of food at one-half the ' 

 cost, and keep most of the money at home. In other 

 words, the most cautious estimate would reckon by this 

 means a certain saving to the people of the State at least 

 $500,000 annually. 



More than this, it is possible not only to diminish 

 the cost, but in so doing to increase the consumption 



