Excerpt from California Fish and Game, Vol. 3: January 20, 1917 The most important work in the introduction of new fishes into the state was accomplished during the period from 1870 to 1883; following this came the preservation of the fishes, and the artificial propagation of the native species on a large scale, to multiply their numbers to meet the, demands of commerce and of an increasing population. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.