Welsh Journals

Jtotea on tbe. Hatrbra anir Jftsb Hatching at Roatb fark- By W. W. PETTIGREW. (Read before the Biological and Geological Section.) N these days of municipal activity and enterprise one is prepared to learn of the many and varied public works undertaken by progressive Town Councils, yet one would hardly expect to find fish hatching in such a catagory, and the Cardiff Corporation, as far as I can ascertain, occupies an unique position among other municipalities in possessing a Fish Hatchery where trout breeding is carried on, on a fairly large scale. The reason the Cardiff Authorities took this work in hand was, in the first place, because they were owners of a large sheet of water known as the Roath Park Lake, which originally was well stocked with trout, but owing to the great number of fishermen annually fishing over its waters, it was recognized that the stock would soon become depleted, and thus if fishing tickets were not to become a drag on the market it would be necessary to re-stock with young fish every few years. Several members of the local Piscatorial Society made representations to the Parks Committee on this matter, and pointed out the advisability of erecting a small Fish Hatchery in the vicinity of the lake, where for a very small outlay an apparatus could be put up, in which thousands of fish could be reared every year-sufficient not only to keep the Roath Park Lake and other Corporation waters stocked, but also to supply many of the rivers in the neighbourhood with an abundance of young fry. It was pointed out that the surplus thus sold to Piscatorial Societies, Board of River Conservators and Land- owners, would in time more than repay all inital and current expenses in connection with a Fish Hatchery.