80 American Fisheries Society 



By Mr. Ernest Schaeffle, 



Executive Officer of the California Fish and Game 



Commission, San Francisco, California. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the American Fish- 

 eries Society: The Fish and Game Commission of this 

 State is very glad indeed that the Society has seen fit 

 to meet in California this year. We have sometimes 

 deplored the fact that meetings of an organization so 

 important as this could not have been held oftener west 

 of the Rockies. Like a great many other organizations 

 and people out here in the West, we feel that we are a 

 long way from "home," a long way from the seat of 

 certain forms of activity. For that reason we have been 

 glad to get the society here this year. We know that 

 you will profit by your visit with us. We feel particu- 

 larly certain that the results of our discussions here 

 will be of benefit to the California Commission and to 

 the fishing interests of the West. And, like the other 

 good people who come out here to visit us, we feel sure 

 now that we will not have to wait so long to see the 

 members of the Society here again individually and col- 

 lectively. We feel that you will want to have another 

 convention farther west than the Rockies, probably here 

 in San Francisco, or in California, within the next five 

 or ten years. 



So I would say to you that the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission, which I have the honor to represent, is very 

 glad to welcome you here, and we hope that you will 

 have a good time while with us. If there is anything 

 that the Commission and its representatives can do, 

 while you are here, or after you return to your homes, 

 to aid the Society or the members individually in any 

 way, we shall be very glad to have you call upon us at 

 any time. 



President Fearing called for the election of new 

 members as the first business of the meeting. 



The names and addresses of the Patrons, Life and Active Members 

 elected, have already been published in the December, 1915, number of 

 the Transactions. 



