Forty-first Annual Meeting 51 



occur, as is necessary to properly safeguard the interests of fishermen, 

 dealers, distributors, consumers and the public health ; be it 



Resolved, That this Society urges upon Congress, upon the Bureau 

 of Fisheries, upon the various states, and upon all competent indi- 

 viduals to enter upon an organized, unbiased, detailed investigation of 

 the problems connected with the chemical composition of the various 

 fish foods, the progressive chemical changes, and the toxic properties 

 at various stages of decomposition together with specific applications 

 of these facts to storage, distribution and sanitary utilization of these 

 animals as human food. 



Whereas, It has been found necessary for the successful mainte- 

 nance of wild birds to set aside national and state reservations as 

 breeding places, and 



Whereas, Competent biological observation in European countries, 

 and more recently in Illinois, Indiana, New York, California and 

 Massachusetts, has demonstrated that in order to maintain an adequate 

 population of fish in our streams and coastal waters, suitable and ex- 

 tensive natural breeding grounds must be maintained by national, state 

 and individual initiative and action ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we urge the various states and Congress to take 

 immediate action to acquire and to conserve such natural breeding 

 grounds for fish, and to take appropriate measures for increasing the 

 capacity of such breeding grounds. 



Whereas, In spite of the fact that many organizations of nation- 

 wide influence have repeatedly urged attention to the enormous damage 

 to public health and property by unnecessary and unwise methods of 

 disposal of sewage and manufacturing wastes; and 



Whereas, Many state legislatures have enacted wise laws for in- 

 vestigating these conditions and for conserving the public health and 

 the public resources thus imperiled, for preventing the wholesale de- 

 struction of fish life, the restriction of areas naturally suitable for 

 breeding places, and the ultimate ruin of the potential capacity of these 

 waters for producing food for fish and fish for food; and 



Whereas, It is notorious that in many sections of the United States 

 the facile introduction of sewage and manufacturing waste into streams 

 and coastal waters has hitherto checked the development of advanced 

 methods for economic utilization of these w r aters ; be it 



Resolved, That this Society urges upon Congress, upon the legisla- 

 tive and executive departments of every state, and upon all good citi- 

 zens, to thoughtfully act for checking the incalculably enormous wastes 

 of nitrogenous material and of water, which, properly treated and 

 distributed, would be more valuable upon farming land, and of many 

 waste products of manufacturing which could at present or in the fu- 

 ture be made of economic value. 



Whereas, This Society deplores the large and increasing destruction 

 of valuable food and game fish in the ditches of irrigation systems, and 



