10 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Section- 2. — Science in Relation to the Fisheries and Fish-Culture. 

 (Dr. George Brown Goode, Chairman.) 



The Relation of Scientific Research to Economic Problems: Dr. George Brown Goode, Director U. S. 



National Museum, Washington. 

 Biological Research in relation to the Fisheries: Prof. John A. Ryder, Professor of Comparative 



Embryology. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 

 On the Influence of Light on the Periodical Depth Migrations of Pelagic Animals: Dr. Jacques Loob, 



University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 

 The Investigation of Rivers and Lakes with reference to the Fish Environment: Dr. Barton W. 



Evermann, l T . S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 

 Some Plankton Studies in the Great Lakes: Prof. J. E. Reighard, Professor of Animal Morphology, 



University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

 Habits and Development of the American Lobster, and their Bearing upon its Artificial Propaga- 

 tion: Dr. F. H. Herrick, Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio. 

 The Origin of the Food of Marine Animals: Prof. W. K. Brooks, Johns Hopkins University. 

 Atmospheric and other Influences on the Migrations of Fishes: Mr. J. J. Armistead, Proprietor of 



Solway Fishery, Dumfries, Scotland. 

 The Correlation of Land and Water in Relation to Food Supply and Agriculture: Prof. W. O. 



Atwater, Professor of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 

 Observations Concerning Fish Parasites: Prof. Edwin Linton, Washington and Jefferson College, 



Washington, Pa. 

 The Aquarium of the United States Fish Commission at the World's Columbian Exposition: Prof. S. 



A. Forbes, Director of State Laboratory of Natural History, Champaign, 111 . 

 Description of the Fresh and Salt Water Supply and Pumping Plants used for the Aquarium: I. S. K. 



Reeves, U. S. N. 

 Observations and Experiments on Saprolegnia infesting Fish: G. B. Clinton, University of Illinois. 

 Report on a Parasitic Protozoan observed on Fish in the Aquarium: C. W. Stiles, ph. d., Department 



of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 On the Food of the Menhaden (Illustrations by lantern slides) : Dr. James I. Peck, Williams College, 



Williamstown, Mass. 



Section 3.— Fish-Culture. (Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, Chairman.) 



Address of the Chairman, Eugene G. Blackford, 80 Fulton Market, New York City. 



A Review of Fish-Culture in Europe and North America: Dr. Nicolas Borodine, Fish Commissioner, 

 Uralsk, Russia. 



Some Notes about American Fish-Culture : Dr. Oscar Nordqvist, Inspector of Fisheries, Helsingfors, 

 Finland. 



Fish-Culture in Michigan: Hoyt Post, Esq., Fish Commissioner, Detroit. 



Methods Employed at Craig Brook in Rearing Young Salmonoid Fishes: Mr. Charles G. Atkins, U.S. 

 Fish Commission, East Orland, Me. 



History and Methods of Whitefish-Culture : Mr. F. N. Clark, U. S. Fish Commission, Northville, Mich. 



Propagation of Black Bass in Ponds: Mr. William F. Page, U. S. Fish Commission, Neosho, Mo. 



Notes on the Hatching of Sturgeon : Dr. Bashford Dean, Columbia University, New York City. 



The Past, Present, and Future of the Oyster Industry of Georgia: Dr. A. Oemler, Savannah, Ga. 



The Methods of Deep-water Oyster-Culture: Mr. Henry C. Rowe, New Haven, Conn. 



What We Know About the Lobster: Mr. Fred Mather, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. 



Breeding Natural Food Artificially for Young Fish Artificially Reared: Mr. A. N. Cheney, Editor 

 Shooting and Fishing, Glens Falls, N. Y. 



Fish-Cultural Investigations at the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland) : Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, m. i>., LL. i>., v. r. s., Member of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



Description of the Marine Hatchery at Dunbar, Scotland: Dr. T. Weniyss Fulton, F. R. s. E., Super- 

 intendent of Scientific Investigations, Fishery Board for Scotland. 



