8 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Chairman Brackett ;ils«> issued the following list of topics for consideration at the 

 conference: 



Dear Sir: I inclose a list of t lie topics thus far received for consideration at the Conference of 

 Commissioners of Fisheries and Game, to be held at Chicago October 18. Doubtless many other sub- 

 jects will be suggested. It is the desire of l*. s. Commissioner McDonald that the conference should 

 be a free and friendly discussion of all matters connected with the work of the commissions. 



The future i 



ire of Fish-culture on the PacificCoast / 

 and Ealibul Industries of the Pacific! Paper 



TheCodand Ealibul Industries of the PacificS *-*~ '" sli) '" " Reddinq . California. 



Advisability of placing Black Bass in streams with Trout Wm. ('. Muruock. California. 



The Rise au<l Decline of the Fishing Industry of the (neat Lakes H. B. V INVENT. 



The Fishing Industry of Lake Erie, past and present Col. C. M. Kkyes, Ohio. 



Interstate Laws for the I letter Protection of F'ish anil Game T. .1. GBIGG8, lew a. 



Protection, especially of the Large Came W. P. Andkus, Iowa. 



Best Methods of Protection— bj volunteer or salaried service.' i 



Statutory limit as to length of Fish— whether best form of Protection or not S JoHN W ' XlTOOMB > Vermont. 



In stocking Public Waters with Fish artificially hatched, at what age is it most desira- 

 ble to plant them .' E. A. Beackett, Massachusetts. 



The relation of the < io cerumen t to the maintenance of Fisheries Dr. Joel C. Paeker, Michigan. 



What Fish are most profitable for Pond Culture for home use. in inland States' N. C. Prickett, West Virginia. 



Effect of F'ish Pounds and Weirs on our present and prospective Food-fishes Dr. J. T. Wilkins. Virginia. 



E. A. Brackett, 

 Chairman Committee of Organization. 



On October 6 the general committee began the distribution of its provisional pro- 

 gram containing titles of addresses and papers which had been received at that time. 

 A copy of the program follows: 



CONGRESS ON FISH AND FISHERIES. 



In accordance with the preliminary address of this committee a Congress of persons interested in 

 the fisheries and fish-culture will be held under the auspices of the World's Congress Auxiliary, at the 

 \rt Palace, Michigan avenue and Adams street, Chicago, beginning October 16 and continuing until 

 the program of addresses and papers is exhausted. A convention offish commissioners of the various 

 States will also be held in the same place, in association with the Fisheries Congress, on October 16. 



The following provisional program contains the titles of addresses and papers which have, up to 

 this time, been furnished to the committee to be read at the sessions of the Congress. 



PROVISIONAL program 



Interrelation of the General Government, the State, and the Individual: Dr. Joel C Parker, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 The Assimilation of the Fishery Laws of the (treat Lakes: Dr. G. A. MacCallum, Fish Commissioner, Dunnville, 



Ontario, Canada. 

 The Decrease of Fish in American Waters and some of the Causes: Mr. A. M. Sjiaugler, President Fish Protective 



Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 The Eolation of Scientific Research to Economic Problems: Dr. G. Brown Goode, Director U. S. National Museum 



Washington. 

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



of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

 The Investigation of Rivers and Lakes with reference to the F'ish Environment: Dr. B. W. Everinaun. U.S. F'ish 



Commission, Washington, D. C. 

 Preliminary Account of the Plankton Investigation for the Michigan Fish Commission on Lake St. Clair: Prof. J. E- 



Beighard, Professor of Animal Morphology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

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



On the F I ofthe Menhaden: Prof. Js is 1. Peck, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. 



On the Pelagic Fauna in Connection with Fish Growth: Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, St. Andrews, Scotland. 



Atmospheric and other Influences on the Migrations of Fishes: Mr. J. J. Annistead, Proprietor of Solway Fishery, 



Dumfries, Scotland. 

 The Correlation of Land and Water in relation, to Food Supply and Agriculture: Prof. W. 0. Atwater, Professor of 



Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 

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

 The Aquarium: Prof. S. A. Forbes, Director of State Laboratory of Natural History, Champaign, 111. 

 Utilizing the Giant Kelpof the Northwest Coast : Mr. James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Wash. 



Methods of securing Herrings, Smelt, and Sardines at I'ort Townsend : Mr. James G. Swan, Port Townsend. Wash. 

 The Sardine of Paget Sound, and the Methods of Preserving it in Oil: Mr. James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Wash. 



