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on "The Study of Marine Ecology and its Importance to 

 the Fisheries." Discussion followed. 



President : Fish have diseases and consequently we 

 must have fish doctors to diagnose and prescribe for those 

 diseases. Our next paper will be by one of the fish doc- 

 tors of the Bureau of Fisheries, Mr. M. C. Marsh, who will 

 present a paper on "Thyroid Tumors in Salmonoids." 



Mr. Marsh's paper was then read and discussed. 



PAPERS READ BY TITLE 



President: We have about 15 more papers and if you 

 think it is too late to read them, the Chair will entertain a 

 motion that they be read by title and printed in the pro- 

 ceedings. 



Mr. Meehan : I move that the papers remaining be 

 read by title and published in the proceedings. 



The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. 



Papers were then read by title as follows : 



John P. Babcock, Chief Deputy California Fish and 

 Game Commission, San Francisco, Cal. — "Some Experi- 

 ments in the Burial of Salmon Eggs, Suggesting a New 

 Method of Hatching Salmon and Trout." 



Dr. S. P. Bartlett, U. S. Fisheries Station, Quincy, III. — 

 "Rescue Work — The Saving of Fishes from Overflowed 

 Lands." 



D. C. Booth, Superintendent U. S. Fisheries Station, 

 Spearfish, S. D. — "Fish-Cultural Possibilities of the Na- 

 tional Preserves." 



W. O. Buck, U. S. Fisheries Station, Neosho, Mo.— 

 "Pike-Perch Notes." 



Prof. T. L. Hankinson, Charleston, 111. — "Ecological 

 Notes on the Fishes of Walnut Lake." 



John L. Leary, Superintendent U. S. Fisheries, San 

 Marcos, Texas.— "The Sunfish." 



H. Wheeler Perce, President National Association of 



