world's fisheries congress. 3 



The fifth and last meeting of the committee took place in the office of the U. !S. 

 Fish Commission exhibit on Thursday, September 2(5. The following persons were 

 present: E. G. Blackford, A. Booth, D. R. Cameron, R.E. Earll, George F. Kunz, and 

 Tarleton H. Beau, several members of the advisory council having been invited to 

 meet with the committee to complete preparations for the Congress. Mr. Blackford 

 acted as chairman. 



The secretary read the list of papers promised for the Congress. The arrange- 

 ments for the meetings were announced by the chairman and the subject of the fish 

 banquet was discussed by Messrs. Blackford, Booth, Cameron, Kunz, and others. 

 The chairman appointed the following committee to arrange for the banquet, and the 

 committee was given power to act : Messrs. A. Booth, D. R. Cameron, R. Edward Earll, 

 George F. Kunz, and Tarleton EL Bean. The chairman was also requested to act with 

 this committee and consented to do so. The committee on invitations, consisting of 

 Messrs. Booth, Earll, and Beau, was then appointed. The question as to the time to 

 be devoted to the reading and discussion of papers was considered, and it was decided 

 to leave this matter to the control of the chairman of the Congress. 



As soon as the general committee was regularly organized the following prelimi- 

 nary address was sent to members of the advisory council, and other persons whose 

 cooperation in the work of the Congress was desired. This was accompanied by a 

 letter from the chairman of the committee inviting participation in the objects of the 

 Congress and contributions to the series of articles : 



THE WORLDS CONGRESS AUXILIARY OK THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1803. 



(President, Charles C. Bonney; Vice-President, Thomas B. Bryan; Treasurer, Lyman J. Gage; ^ 

 \ Secretaries, Benj. Butterworth and Clarence E. Young. S 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. — GENERAL DIVISION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Preliminary Address <>/ the General Committee <>» a Fisheries Congress in connection with the World's 



Columbian Exposition. 



In accordance with the plans of the World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Expo- 

 sition, arrangements have been made for an International Congress of poisons interested in fisheries 

 and fish-culture at Chicago, commencing October 16, 1893. 



The term fisheries, for the purposes of this circular, is intended to include every form of life in 

 the waters of the globe which is now, or has been, the object of industry, considered in all its rela- 

 tions to associated life. Fish-culture is understood to refer to the increase and distribution of 

 economic forms of aquatic life. Fisheries and fish-culture are intimately associated with various 

 departments of science — historical, physical, social, and political — and it is proposed to discuss them 

 with reference to such association. 



Thus the deliberations of the Congress will cover a wide range of subjects, which may be sug- 

 gested under the following subdivisions : 



1. Fishery laws and administration of the fisheries, comprising: (a) state laws; (&) interstate 

 regulations; (c) national laws; (d) international law and international equity. 



2. The sciences in relation to fisheries and fish-culture: (a) biology; (b) physics; (c) chemistry; 

 (d) geography ; (e) climatology. 



3. Methods of capture, utilization, and distribution of fishery products. 



4. Fish-culture: («) private; (h) public. 



5. The world's fisheries. 



The committee in this general way presents an outline of the proposed nature of the Congress, and 

 suggests below a series of topics which it deems suitable for discussion. Additional themes will lie 

 furnished with the assistance of members of the advisory council, and are requested from persons who 

 receive this circular. 



