TWENTIETH 

 ANNUAL MEETING 



-OF THE- 



American Fisheries Society, 



PART FIRST. 



MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



FIRST DAY'S MEETING. 



Meeting was called to order, Wednesday May 27tli, at 2 

 P.M., President Eugene G. Blackford in the chair. 



The minutes of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting were read 

 by the Secretary, and, on motion, approved as read. 



Letters of regret at their inability to attend the meeting 

 were read from Colonel Marshall McDonald, Dr. T. H. 

 Bean, and Judge J. W. Wilson. 



The letter from Colonel McDonald was as follows : 



Dear Mr. Blackford : I am conlined to my bed as the 

 result of a surgical operation, and will not be able to attend 

 the meeting, but everything will be done by the Commis- 

 sion to make the meeting pleasant and successful. Mr. 

 Kaufmann, of the "Star," is chairman of the local com- 

 mittee, and will do everything practicable in arranging for 

 the meeting. The Woodmont Club will entertain the 



