Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania
The idea of acclimatising the English salmon (Salmo salar) in Tasmanian waters was entertained by some of the colonists at a very early period in our history. In the year 1844, as recorded in Vol. 1, p. 28 1, of the " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania," the late Captain Frederic...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:15697 2023-05-15T18:09:52+02:00 Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania Seager, PS 1888 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/1/seager--history-acclimatisation-salmoniade-1888.pdf en eng https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/1/seager--history-acclimatisation-salmoniade-1888.pdf Seager, PS 1888 , 'Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania' , Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania , pp. 1-26 . cc_utas Royal Society of Tasmania Van Diemens Land VDL Hobart Town natural sciences proceedings records Article NonPeerReviewed 1888 ftunivtasmania 2020-05-30T07:29:32Z The idea of acclimatising the English salmon (Salmo salar) in Tasmanian waters was entertained by some of the colonists at a very early period in our history. In the year 1844, as recorded in Vol. 1, p. 28 1, of the " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania," the late Captain Frederick Chalmers, of Brighton, in Tasmania, applied to Dr. Mackenzie, of Kinillan-by- Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland, for salmon fry to bring to Tasmania. The fry were not supplied, but the correspondence is interesting, and shows how little was then known of the subject when Dr. Mackenzie suggested that artificially impregnated ova deposited in a basket of fine gravel and plunged in a tank would require no more attention until it was landed in Tasmania, where it could be put into a pail and carried to any stream and there deposited. P. S. Seager was Secretary to the Fisheries Board of Tasmania. Article in Journal/Newspaper Salmo salar University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Chalmers ENVELOPE(159.483,159.483,-79.333,-79.333) Brighton ENVELOPE(-55.631,-55.631,49.550,49.550) |
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The idea of acclimatising the English salmon (Salmo salar) in Tasmanian waters was entertained by some of the colonists at a very early period in our history. In the year 1844, as recorded in Vol. 1, p. 28 1, of the " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania," the late Captain Frederick Chalmers, of Brighton, in Tasmania, applied to Dr. Mackenzie, of Kinillan-by- Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland, for salmon fry to bring to Tasmania. The fry were not supplied, but the correspondence is interesting, and shows how little was then known of the subject when Dr. Mackenzie suggested that artificially impregnated ova deposited in a basket of fine gravel and plunged in a tank would require no more attention until it was landed in Tasmania, where it could be put into a pail and carried to any stream and there deposited. P. S. Seager was Secretary to the Fisheries Board of Tasmania. |
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Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania |
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Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania |
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Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania |
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Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania |
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Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania |
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concise history of the acclimatisation of the salmonidae in tasmania |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/1/seager--history-acclimatisation-salmoniade-1888.pdf Seager, PS 1888 , 'Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania' , Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania , pp. 1-26 . |
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