Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, January 12, 1884
ARTICLE IV
Memoranda Relative to Inclosures for the Confinement of Salmon Drawn from Experience at Bucksport, Penobscot River, Maine.
by
Charles G. Atkins
[In response to request of Dr. C. J. Bottemanne.]
April 7, 1884.
Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 4, Pages 170-174, 1884
The Penobscot salmon-breeding establishment was founded in 1872, at Bucksport; in the State of Maine, near the mouth of the Penobscot River. The location was primarily determined by the necessity of being near a supply of living adult salmon, to be used for breeders.