76 American Fisheries Society 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



Presented by Prof. Henry B. Ward. 



I. Resolved: That the American Fisheries Society hereby 

 expresses its thanks to the members of the Local Committee and 

 the Clubs of St. Paul for the entertainment which has been 

 provided during the meeting and which has made our visit one to 

 be remembered. 



II. Resolved: That the State Fisheries Authorities of Minnesota 

 be assured of our obligation to them for their interest in this 

 meeting of our Society ; and 



III. Resolved: That our special thanks are due to Commissioner 

 Carlos Avery, who, as Secretary of this Society, has been largely 

 responsible for the great success of this meeting. 



These resolutions were adopted by vote of the Society. 



Protection and Destruction of Food Fishes in the Great Lakes. 

 By Mr. S. W. Downing, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Put- 

 in-Bay, Ohio. 

 This paper appears in full in the Transactions for December, 



1917, Vol. XLVII, No. 1, pp. 2S-35. 



A Hatchery Maintained by a Fish and Game Protective Association. 

 By Mr. C. H. Bower, of Columbus, Ohio. Read by title. 



The Establishment of Fisheries Schools. By Dr. 0. T. Olsen, 

 Grimsby, England. Read by title. 



The General Routine of a Trout Hatchery. By Mr. R. L. Ripley, 

 Bayfield Fish Hatchery, Bayfield, Wis. 

 Xo discussion. 



Additional Xotes on Rearing the Channel Catfish {Ictalurus punc- 

 tatus). By Mr. Austin F. Shira, Director, Fairport Biolog- 

 ical Station, Fairport. Iowa. 

 This paper appears in full in the December, 1917, number of 

 the Transactions, Vol. XLVII. Xo. 1, pp. 45-47. 



Improve the Canned Fish Product. By Mr. K. Hovden, Monterey, 

 California. Read by title. 



