PROCEEDINGS 

 of the 



American 3ftsljenes i'acietii 



FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 



at 



ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 



September 17, 18, 19, 1923. 



The Fifty-third Annual Meeting- of the American Fish- 

 eries Society convened at the Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Missouri, 

 on Monday, September 17th, at 10 o'clock a.m.. President Glen 

 C. Leach, of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, in the Chair. 



First Sessio7i, Monday Morning, September 17, 1923, 



President Leach introduced Mr. Findly, Secretary to the 

 Mayor of St. Louis, who delivered the address of welcome. 

 Mr. Carlos Avery, of St. Paul, Minnesota, made the re- 

 sponse. 



Registered Attendance 



The registered attendance, 58, was as follows : 

 ACKLEN, Col. Jos. H., Nashville, Tenn. 

 Adams, William C, Boston, Mass. 

 Albert, W. E., Des Moines, la. 

 Amsler, Guy, Little Rock, Ark. 

 Avery, Carlos, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Barber, W. E., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 .Baskett, Cecil M., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Beard, Harry R., San Pedro, Calif. 

 Berg, Geo., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Berwick, Dudley, Baton Rouge, La. 

 Bower, Ward T., Washington, D. C. 

 Brown, Dell, Mammoth Springs, Ark. 

 Brunson, J. H., Helena, Mont. 

 BuLLER, C. R., Pleasant Mount, Pa. 

 BULLER, N. R., Harrisburg, Pa. 

 Bullock, Chas. A., Bullockville, Ga. 

 Burnham, C. W., Louisville, Ky. 

 Canfield, H. L., Homer, Minn. 

 Catte, Eugene, Langdon, Kansas 

 Cobb, Eben W., Hartford, Conn. 

 Culler, C. F., Homer, Minn. 

 Davies, David, Tupelo, Miss. 

 Dennig, L. E., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Downing, S. W., Put-In-Bay, Ohio. 

 Doze, J. B., Pratt, Kansas. 



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