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resuKs in (he nian.v pi-oblcms tliat concern the tislierios. I 

 have bronjilit this plan forward lici-c in skeleton form in the 

 hope tliat it niijilil provoice discussion. I shall be very glad 

 of any suggestions or ci-iticisnis either public or private, and 

 ■can assure you that they will be of assistance in defining and 

 develojting the plan. 



DISCUSSION OF 5APEU OF PROFESSOR REIGHARD. 



'Mv. flark: ;Mr. President, it seems to me that we ought not 

 to let this i)a{)er pass without some thought in connection with 

 it. It im])resses me that it is a vital thing — the question of 

 the study of the fisheries in the particulars referred to by Pro- 

 fessor Keighai'd. It is a subject that I am \er\ much inter- 

 ested in, for one thing, because there are so many questions 

 asked me in regard to what the fishes do. I am very fre- 

 quently asked what the peculiarities of various fishes are in 

 this direction and that direction. A question was asked me at 

 dinner and I had to say that I did not know. As a fish cul- 

 turist of twenty-five or thirty years standing, it is a little 

 embarrassing to answer in that way, but we hate to do it; 

 there are so many things in regard to fish that we know 

 comparatively little about, even in regard to the fish that we 

 are hatching, and it is utterly impossible for practical fish 

 culturists to investigate in that line. The points brought out 

 by Professor Keighard, it seems to me, is where the great 

 study today is, and very vital to the increase and success of 

 our work. 



Mv. I*arker: Mr. Chairman, I was going to say that the 

 writer's com])arison as to the ])hysician is a yery happy one. 

 The scientific physician and the empirical physician are en- 

 tirely distinct from each other. The former mingles science 

 and his practice together and is the one who gives us the best 

 results. It seems to me that in connection wath the fish inter- 

 ests the same rule will ap])ly. It is science wedded to prac- 

 tice that is going to give us what is best and w'hich will be of 

 the most use, not to science alone, but to the practical interests 

 of the fisherman. It seems to me that the plans outlined here, 

 together with those which practical men can outline, would be 

 of immense benefit to the country, not only to the Great Lakes, 

 the work on which he lias alluded to, but to the seashore, the 

 doing of the work that is being done at Woods Hole and which 

 Professor P>umpus told us about here yesterday. All of these 

 things, it seems to me* go hand in hand, and it is for this Soci- 

 ety to take these things up and see what can be done with 

 them. 



