<?S Tliirli/srrnilli Ainniul MccIIikj 



I'rcsidi'iit : I think we iippi'ccialc llic iiii|>()rtimcc of the iiiat- 

 Icr that Dr. Olscii lias hroiiulit up. I woiihl sii,ii-,ucst that he put 

 his proposition in writiiij:' and that it he rcrcfrcd to the coiiimit- 

 tcc on resolutions foi- an rxpfi'ssiou of an opinion on hchalf of 

 the society. 



SccTctarv : A matter that has )ieen o\-eidooke(| for a moment 

 is a communication from Daniel 1>. Fearini;- of Newport. K. J. 

 He wishes to propost' as a life mendu'r Jeremiah M. Dominv, 

 liostmastei- of South Haven. Lon^- Islaiul, and superintendent 

 of the Sulfojk Cluh. at the same place. Mr. Fearin.u- has written 

 me re(pu'stin,u- tliat the Amei'iean l''isherios Society be asked if 

 any one has had any personal experience in stocking waters with 

 sti-i]K'(l l)ass. and something regarding tiie cost of doing this 

 woi-k. If there is anyone that eonhl offer information on that 

 point it would l)e ])er]iaps. vei'y valnal)le to the society as well as 

 to Ml". Fearing, and I would present ^Ir. Dominy as a life meni- 

 l)er, for your vote. 



Ml'. Willard : The name of ^Fr. Dominy was ])resented in 

 like manner last year and \()tt'd upon and he was elected a ineiii- 

 her. 



I'resident: ^Ir. F^'earing is a member of this society whom 

 \-ei-y 'ivw of US have had the pleasure of meeting, lie has tln' 

 largest ijrivate library of tish and fishery literatnre in the I'nited 

 States, at his home in Xewpoi't. and is an enthusiastic mt-mber 

 of this society, although he is i)i-evented from attending its meet- 

 ings. 1 would like to ask some of the gentlemen engaged in cul- 

 ti\ation of stri]ied bass whether they cannot answer Mr. Ft'ar- 

 ing"s in(piiry. Th(» (juestion is as to stocking new waters with 

 stri])ed hass. 



This (pu'stion was then taken up and discussed. 



Mr. Titcond): .\ow I should like to have the society con- 

 sider again through its \ery eflicienl committee, who two or three 

 years ago designated the sizes of llsh by numbers, to take u]) that 

 (|uestion and to designate more delinitely those sizes. 'To illus- 

 tiMte what I mean, for those who wei'e not ])resent : you I'ccall 

 that the society decided that a lish fi'om one to two inches in 

 lenuth shouhl he called a mnnbei- one finu'erlin^' : and fi-om two 



