Transactions of the 

 American Fisheries Society 



Fortieth Anniversary Meeting, New York Aquarium and 

 I he American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 27, 28 and 

 29, 1910. 



Tuesday, September -?/, iqio 



Meeting called to order at the Aquarium by the President, 

 Mr. Seymour Bower, at 10 a.m. 



President: Gentlemen of the Society, the time having 

 arrived for convening the meeting, you will please be in 

 order. 



In opening this fortieth anniversary meeting of the 

 American Fisheries Society I find that it will not be neces- 

 sary to refer in any way to its organization and history, its 

 inception, growth and vicissitudes, for the reason that a 

 paper touching on these points has l)een prepared by another 

 and will be read during one of the sessions. 



I am i)leased and proud to say that this Society is war- 

 ranted in extending congratulations to itself for the large 

 Oldening attendance, and more especially for the feast of 

 good things in store, for which a glance at the program 

 should give you a keen appetite. Perhaps my reference to 

 the large attendance may be considered a fish story by those 

 who are with us for the first time and have attended national 

 meetings of other associations that have attracted delegates 

 by the thousands, but I will say that I attended a meeting 

 of this Society not more than twelve or fifteen years ago 

 when an amendment to our constitution, which requires a 



