TRANSACTIONS 



of tte 



American Fisheries Society 



"To promote the cause of fish culture; to gather and 

 diffuse information bearing upon its practical success, 

 and upon all matters relating to the fisheries; to unite 

 and encourage all interests of fish culture and the fish- 

 eries; and to treat all questions of a scientific and eco- 

 nomic character regarding fish. 



VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 2 

 1915-1916 



Edited hy The Recording Secretary 



MARCH, 1916 



Published Quarterly by tbe Society 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



