REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AWARDS 



Mr. Titcomb, Chairman of the Committee on Awards, sub- 

 mitted the following report : 



The Committee has passed upon five papers under the three heads for 

 which prizes were offered. 



Under the first the prize is for the best contribution on fish culture, 

 either new or practical fish-cultural plans or description of the methods 

 employed in the advancement of fish-cultural work. In this class a paper 

 was submitted by Martin Norgore, entitled "Salmon Eggs as Food for 

 Salmon Fry," reporting on the results of experiments carried on at the 

 University of Washington. The committee feels that this paper is to be 

 highly commended for the grade of work being performed upon a very 

 important problem of fish nutrition, but that it has not been pursued far 

 enough to warrant a prize. 



In the same class of fish-eultural work is the paper by E. C. Fearnow, 

 entitled "A new Method of Shipping Live Fish," which is a discussion of 

 experiments upon an important economic phase of fish transportation. The 

 committee does not feel that these experiments have been carried far 

 enough to warrant a prize. 



Under the second head a prize is offered for the best contribution on 

 biological investigations applied to fish-cultural problems. In this class 

 are two papers by Alexander Robertson, one entitled "Further Proof of the 

 Parent Stream Theory," and the other, "Some Observations on the Growth 

 of Young Sockeye Salmon." Mr. Robertson has made important additions 

 to our knowledge of the life history of the sockeye salmon. The work is of 

 a high grade, but the investigations have not been extended over a suffi- 

 ciently long period to warrant a prize for either paper. 



Under the third head a prize is offered for the best contribution dealing 

 with problems of the commercial fisheries. Your committee regrets to 

 observe that there is only one paper on this important phase. It is 

 entitled "Bacteriological Analysis of an Experimental Pack of Canned 

 Salmon," by Reginald H. Fiedler. This paper deals with a very important 

 problem of the salmon canner, and the work is highly commendable, but 

 definite conclusions have not been proved. No prize is recommended, 

 much as we are obliged to regret such action. 



The Committee, in connection with its report, offers the recommenda- 

 tion that when, in its judgment, a nou-comijetitive paper has been submitted 

 which appears to be of unusual merit, the conditions prescribing the time 

 limit within which such paper should have been submitted in competition 

 may be removed and the paper may be acted upon by the Committee on 

 Awards, the same as all competitive papers regularly submitted. This 

 recommendation is made because the committee feels that both this year 

 and last, at least one paper was submitted which was fully as valuable as 

 the competitive papers, but was not submitted in competition. 



The report was unanimously adopted. Also a vote of thanks 

 was extended to the committee for its very efficient efforts. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 



Mr. John P. Woods submitted the report of the Committee on 

 Resolutions as follows : 



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