TRANSACTIONS 



of the 



American Fisheries Society 



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

 diffuse information hearing 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 XLVI, NUMBER 1 

 1916-1917 



Edited hy Raymond C. Oshurn 



DECEMBER, 1916 



Published Quarterly by the Society 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



