4 CONTENTS 



Page 

 Officers 3 



Part I — Business Sessions 



Registered attendance 7 



Report of Executive Secretary S 



Report of Treasurer 1(^ 



Reports of Vice-Presidents of Divisions 13 



Appointment of Committees 13 



Reports from Corresponding Members 14 



Report of Special Committee on Executive Secretary 16 



Report of Committee on Nominations 17 



Report of Committee on Resolutions 18 



In Memoriam _ 23' 



Part II — Papers and Discussions 



Natural and Artificial Conditions Detrimental to Black Basses. 



Raymond C. Osburn 27 



The Sportsmen's League. Fred J. Foster 50 



Museum Methods in Relation to the Fisheries Society. T. E. B. 



Pope 55 



Are We Maintaining the Supply of Whitefish in Lake Erie? S. W. 



Downing 62 



The Future of the Fisheries of the Pacific. John N. Cobb 65 



A Report of Progress on the Study of Trout Diseases. Dr. 



Emmeline Moore 74 



Pike-Perch Propagation in Northern Minnesota. Eben W. Cobb 95 



Headwaters. F. E. Hare 106 



Present Status of the Louisana Shrimp Industry. E. A. Tulian 110 



Some Considerations Concerning the Canning of Sardines. Harry 



R. Beard > 122 



Problems in Bass Culture at the Cold Spring Georgia Station. 



Charles A. Bullock _ 131 



Foods and Feeding of Fishes, a Symposium 137 



Fish Distribution of the Federal Government. E. C. Fearnoiv 160 



Production of the Fresh Water Mussel. H. L. Canfield 171 



Angling, Past, Present and Future. Dr. James Alexander Henshall 176 

 Notes on the Propagation and Distribution of Pond Fishes. G. W. 



N. Brown 184 



Planting Eyed Salmon and Trout Eggs. C. W. Harrison 191 



Black Bass vs. Netting Coarse Fish. J. P. Snyder 201 



Fisheries in Virginia. McDonald Lee 207 



Conservation of the Fishery Resources of the Pacific. Dr. Barton 



W. Evermu7in 210 



