eighteenth 

 Annual Meeting 



—OF THE— 



American Fisheries Society. 



FIRST DAY. 



The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society was held 

 in the rooms of the Anglers' Association, of Eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania, No. 1020 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday 

 and Thursday, May 15 and 16. There was also an evening 

 session, on Wednesday, at which various subjects were dis- 

 cussed in an informal manner. 



The meeting was called to order at 1 1 a. m. Both the 

 President, J. H. Bissel, and the Vice-President, S. G. Worth, 

 being absent, Dr. W. M. Hudson, of the Connecticut Fish 

 Commission, was unanimously called to the chair. He ac- 

 cepted the position with appropriate remarks and was followed 

 by Mr. A. M. Spangler, President of the Anglers Associa- 

 tion, of Eastern Penna., who extended the hospitalities of the 

 Anglers Association in a brief address of welcome as fol- 

 lows : 

 Gentlemen of the American Fisheries Society : 



In the name and on behalf of the Angler's Association of 

 Eastern Pennsylvania, it affords me great pleasure to extend 

 to you a most cordial welcome to the city of Philadelphia 



