PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTY-SIXTH 

 ANNUAL MEETING 



The Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American 

 Fisheries Society was held at New Orleans, La., on Oc- 

 tober 16 to 19, 1916, the President of the Society, Pro- 

 fessor Jacob Reighard, presiding at all the sessions. 



Monday, October 16. 

 OPENING SESSION. 



The Hon. Martin Behrman, Mayor of the City of New 

 Orleans, was introduced and presented an address wel- 

 coming the Society to New Orleans. 



Hon. M. L. Alexander, President of the Louisiana 

 State Department of Conservation, also presented an ad- 

 dress of welcome on behalf of the Governor of Louisiana. 



President Reighard responded to the addresses, after 

 which the session was adjourned. 



Monday Afternoon Session, October 16. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary and the 

 Treasurer, Mr. Carlos Avery of St. Paul, Minn., was 

 elected Acting Secretary and Mr. John P. Woods of St. 

 Louis, Mo., Acting Treasurer, to serve during the 

 meeting. 



Fifty-eight applications for membership were present- 

 ed and upon vote of the Society the applicants were de- 

 clared elected. The names of these new members, to- 

 gether with three others elected later during the meeting, 

 will appear in the membership list to be issued in the 

 September number of the Transactions. 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



(Read by the Acting Secretary.) 



To the Members of the American Fisheries Society: 



The work of the Recording Secretary for the past year 

 has been directed chiefly toward the preparation and 



