Concise history of the acclimatisation of the Salmonidae in Tasmania

• Main Author: Seager, PS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1888
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; Van Diemens Land; VDL; Hobart Town; natural sciences; proceedings; records; Chalmers; Brighton; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15697/1/seager--history-acclimatisation-salmoniade-1888.pdf

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...