100 American Fisheries Society 



Tuesday Evening, September 10th. 



At the invitation of Dr. Chas. H. Townsend, Director of the 

 New York Aquarium, the members of the Society spent the 

 evening at the Aquarium as guests of the New York Zoological 

 Society. As the reception took the form of a "smoker," ample 

 opportunity was afforded for the guests to inspect the numerous 

 interesting exhibits of fishes and other aquatic animals at their 

 leisure. Later in the evening a series of lantern slides and motion 

 pictures of fishes and various fisheries operations was thrown 

 upon a screen and refreshments were provided. 



Wednesday Morning Session, September 11th. 



Reading of papers and discussion. 



A Tray for Sorting Fish. 



BY WM. H. ROWE, 



West Buxton, Me. 



The importance of sorting fish is known to every fish culturist. 

 From the time they begin to feed — and some grow faster than 

 others — there is danger of the larger eating the smaller. As they 

 grow it is an advantage to put the larger ones by themselves, and 

 the smaller ones that are left have a much better chance. 



Necessity may have led many a fish culturist to construct 

 some such a device as I have made, but I have never seen one in 

 any hatchery I have visited. The first year of my hatchery 

 experience I sorted fish by picking them out of a tub of water 

 one at a time and putting them into other tubs or pools, according 

 to size. This method is very slow. I have tried a long box fitted 

 with racks with wire or slats to hold the larger trout and let the 

 smaller through, but this method was never satisfactory, as many 

 of the fish that could go through would not do so. 



A few years ago, having many fish on hand that needed sort- 

 ing, (with little time to do it in and cold weather), I wondered if 

 I could not use a tray such as is used for sorting apples or pota- 

 toes. I made such a tray about 3 feet long by 15 inches wide, with 

 low sides about 2 inches high and having bagging tacked on the 



