Sixth Annual Meeting. 



The American Fish Culturists' Association held their 

 Sixth Annual Meeting at the New York Aquarium on Wednes- 

 day, February 14, 1877. 



Introductory Address p.y R. B. Roosevelt, Esq., President. 



In calling - the meeting of fish culturists to order, I will give a 

 succinct resume of the operations of the Commissioners of the 

 State of New York, from their appointment, which occurred in 

 1868, to the present time, a period of nearly nine years, or, more 

 properly speaking, of eight years, as the first year was devoted 

 to an examination of the condition of the public fisheries 

 throughout the State, and not to active operations on any 

 important scale. 



Shad. — The artificial propagation of shad was recommended 

 in the first report submitted, and in the following year, 1869, ope- 

 rations were commenced, and 15,000,000 shad were hatched. 

 This work has been vigorously prosecuted ever since, and, in- 

 cluding last year's operations, a total number of 49,880,000 

 young shad have been placed in our waters. 



Salmon-Trout. — The first experiment of the New York 

 Commissioners with salmon-trout was attempted in 1870, under 

 the most dangerous circumstances, Mr. Monroe Green, who was 

 taking the eggs, nearly losing his life in behalf of the experi- 



