REPORT. 



The Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Fish Cul- 

 turists' Association convened at No. 10 Warren Street, New 

 York City, February 8th, 1876, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



The meeting was called to order by Mr. Robert B. Roose- 

 velt of New York City, President of the Association, who in 

 his introductory remarks spoke of the artificial propagation of 

 Sturgeon. 



The Secretary of the Society (A. S. Collins), being absent, 

 on motion of Mr. Geo. Shepherd Page, M. C. Edmunds was 

 elected Secretary pro tempore. 



A letter was read from Mr. B. F.Bowles, Treasurer of the 

 Association, in which he stated 'that it was impossible for him 

 to meet with the Association, and thereupon George E. Ward 

 was elected Treasurer pro tempore, 



A paper was received from Seth Greei> on the propagation 

 of Trout by the Commissioners of Fisheries in New York, and 

 a communication from Dr. E. Sterling of Cleveland, Ohio, on 

 anomalies in the propagation of Whitefish, both of which are 

 herewith appended. 



Fred. Mather gave the Association a short account of his 

 experience in Shad culture at the South, under the auspices of 

 the General Government, in which lie complains of the want 

 of parent fish in the rivers South to propagate from. He 

 thought the fish, if successfully propagated, in the various 

 Shad streams in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and 

 Georgia, would have to be transplanted from the streams in 

 the North. 



