The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 55

Public Salmon Hatcheries

Public Salmon Hatcheries.

The

Chairman

said this subject was brought forward through a letter from Mr John Anderson respecting the advisability of having public hatcheries for the purpose of increasing the supply of salmon and other fish. The directors were requested to look into the subject, and having done so, they now reported :—

"That while they consider the increase of the national food supplies of the utmost importance, and that the establishment of salmon hatcheries would tend greatly to increase the supply of salmon, they are of opinion that Government are not likely to consent to any expenditure in this matter, which is already to some extent the subject of private enterprise."

The report was unanimously adopted.