Acclimatisation societies were voluntary associations in the 19th and 20th centuries that encouraged the introduction of non-native species of plants and animals with the hope of their acclimatisation and adaptation. The Acclimatisation Society of Tasmania formed in 1862 after a visit by Victorian acclimatiser and founder of the Victorian Acclimatisation Society, Edward Wilson. The rules of the Tasmanian Acclimatisation Society stated that 'The objects of the Society shall be the introduction, acclimatisation and domestication of all innocuous quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects and vegetables, whether useful or ornamental'.;;Morton Allport, as Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society of Tasmania, became a leading figure in the introduction of salmon to Tasmania, sending and receiving correspondence and reports from around the world on salmon fisheries. Other acclimatisation societies formed in the years that followed, including the Tasmanian Game Protection and Acclimatisation Society (1895) and the Northern Tasmanian Acclimatisation Society (1899). Through the late 19th century, these Tasmanian societies exchanged and introduced numerous animals including hares, skylarks, Australian kingfishers, partridges, trout and salmon. From the 1890s acclimatisers concentrated less on importing animals and birds than on protecting native species.;;;;