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either by the Government or others; and that they remain the 

 property of this Society to print for a period of at least six 

 months after the award is made. I make this as a suggestion, 

 not, of course, as a part of the report. 



The report of the Committee was unanimously adopted. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOIvUTlGNS. 



Mr. John N. Cobb presented the report of the Committee 

 on Resolutions as follows : 



Dams in Streams. 



Whereas, The building of dams in streams in connection with irriga- 

 tion and power projects is proving a serious menace to our runs of ana- 

 dromous fishes, especially when there have been installed unsuitable fish- 

 ways or none at all, and 



Whereas, We understand that there are at present pending a number 

 of such projects, with others being mooted; 



Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the American Fisheries Society in 

 convention assembled at Madison, Wisconsin, September 6-8, 1922, re- 

 quests the U. S. Reclamation Commission, and such other public of- 

 ficials as may have jurisdiction in such matters, to require that the problem 

 of assisting anadromous and other fishes in getting over such obstructions, 

 and the young in working their way back to their natural habitat in the 

 sea, be taken up and considered along with the engineering and other 

 problems .relating to each project; and this Society promises every aid 

 possible in solving the biological phases of the problems. 



Alaska Salmon Fisheries. 



Whereas, It is a known fact that the salmon fisheries of Alaska are 

 not producing as formerly, the decline being due partly to lack of ade- 

 quate regulation and partly to other causes; and 



Whereas, The Department of Commerce has been attempting to meet 

 existing conditions by the establishment of reserves in those districts 

 most vitally affected and has already established several such, said re- 

 serves being necessary on account of the inability to secure a compre- 

 hensive fisheries code which could be readily administered and which 

 would adequately protect these districts; and 



Whereas, We understand the Secretary of Commerce has now before 

 him a proposal for the extension of the boundaries of the Alaska Peninsula 

 Fishery Reservation, said boundaries to be extended so as to include all 

 the waters of Bristol Bay north to Cape Newenham in Bering Sea and in 

 the North Pacific Ocean, those waters including Cook Inlet, Shelikof 

 Strait and about Kodiak Island, within the areas of which at present 

 nearly three-fourths of the red salmon of Alaska are produced; 



Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, That it is the sense of the American 

 Fisheries Society in convention at Madison, Wisconsin, September 6-8, 

 1922, that we heartily endorse the creation of the reserve referred to, and 



