COMPETITIVE AWARDS. 
In connection with the Fourth International Fishery Congress, arrangements 
were made for the award of money prizes for the best or most important inves- 
tigations, discoveries, inventions, etc., relative to fisheries, aquiculture, ichthy- 
ology, fish pathology, and related subjects during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908. 
It was felt by the local management that, while the amounts of the individual 
prizes were not large, the conferring of the awards by so representative a body 
as the International Fishery Congress would induce many persons to compete 
and would result in much benefit to the fisheries and fish culture. In June, 1906, 
circulars announcing the subjects and conditions of the competition were issued 
in the English, French, and German languages and were extensively distributed. 
Several other circulars relating to the matter were sent out in 1907 and 1908. 
LIST OF AWARDS. 
1. By the AMERICAN FISHERIES SociETY: For a paper embodying the most im- 
portant original observations and investigations regarding the cause, treatment, and 
prevention of a disease affecting a species of fish under cultivation, $100. 
2. By the AmERtcAN Muséum oF Natura, History, New York City: For an 
original paper describing and illustrating by specimens the best method of preparing 
fishes for museum and exhibition purposes, $100. 
3. By “Forest AND StTREAM,”’ New York City (Mr. George Bird Grinnell, editor): 
For the best paper giving description, history, and methods of administration of a water, 
or waters, stocked and preserved as a commercial enterprise, in which angling is open to 
the public on payment of a fee, $50. 
4. By the MUSEUM OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. (Mr. F. A. Lucas, curator in chief): For the best paper setting forth a plan for 
an educational exhibit of fishes, the species and specimens that should be shown, the 
method of arrangement, and suggestions for making such an exhibit instructive and 
attractive, $100. 
5. By the New York Aguarium, under the management of the New York Zoolog- 
ical Society, New York City (Mr. Charles H. Townsend, director): For an exposition of 
the best methods of combating fungus disease in fishes in captivity, $150. 
6. By the NEw York Boranicat GARDEN, New York City (Dr. N. L. Britton, di- 
rector): For the best essay on any interrelation between marine plants and animals, $100. 
7. By the SmirusoniaN INnstiTuTION, Washington, D. C.: For the best essay or 
treatise on ‘‘International regulations of the fisheries on the high seas, their history, 
objects, and results,’’ $200. 
8. By THe FisHertes Company, Philadelphia, Pa. (Mr. Joseph Wharton, presi- 
dent): For the best essay treating of the effects of fishing on the abundance and 
movements of surface-swimming fishes which go in schools, particularly the menhaden 
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