EEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXIII 



The members of the association then visited the National Carp roiuls. 

 In the evening" an address was delivered by Hon. Theodore Lyman, of 

 Massachusetts, in the lecture room of the National Museum, Hon. El- 

 bridge G. Lapham in the chair. The speaker reviewed the ancient fish- 

 eries of the world, and dwelt upon the development of fish-culture in 

 the United States. Hon. S. S. Cox followed in his usual humorous 

 vein. Votes of thanks were proposed, and the meeting adjourned until 

 the next day. 



On Wednesday morning Dr. William M. Hudson read a paper on 

 "The Shell Fisheries of Connecticut," in which he explained the grad- 

 ual progress of the oyster industry in that State, and expressed his 

 desire for further State legislation for the protection of the oyster culti- 

 vators. Then followed a paper on "The Oyster Industry of the World," 

 by Prof. G. Brown Goode, w^herein an approximation of the oyster- 

 catch of the world assigned 5,572,000,000 oysters to North America and 

 2,331,200,000 to Europe for the year 1882. Col. Marshall McDonald 

 read a paper on "Natural Causes Influencing the Movements of Fish 

 in Elvers." He believed that our river fisheries must be restored 

 and maintained (1) by artificial jjropagation; (2) by the extension of 

 the breeding and feeding areas to their natural limits; (3) by a sufficient 

 supply of proper food, where, through man's agency, this has been 

 diminished or destroyed; and (4) by rational i)rotective legislation. 

 The intiuence of the temperature of the water upon the movements of 

 fish was also discussed. 



At the afternoon session the following gentlemen were elected as offi- 

 cers of the association : 



President, tlon. Theodore Lyman, M. 0. 



Vice-president, Col. Marshall McDonald. 



Treasurer, Hon. E. G. Blackford. 



Corresponding secretary, Mr. K, E. Earll. 



Eecording secretary, Mr. Fred Mather. 



Members of the executive committee : 

 Mr. James Benkard. 

 Mr. George Shepard Page. 

 Mr. Barnet Phillips. 

 Prof. G. Brown Goode. 

 Dr. William M. Hudson. 

 Mr. S. G. Worth. 



Prof. W. O. Atwater then read a very elaborate paper on "The Chem- 

 ical Composition and Nutritive Value of our American Food-Fishes and 

 Invertebrates." Three tables accompanied this paper: Table I showed 

 the percentages of water and nutritive ingredients in the edible portion 

 of fishes and invertebrates; Table II gave the percentages of refuse, 

 water, and nutritive ingredients in specimens of food-fishes and inver- 

 tebrates as found in the markets; Table III presented the constituents 

 of certain vegetable foods and beverages. The comparative cost of 



