40 'riilrlj/scrrnlli Aniiinil Mcvlhiti 



SO, lu'l'oi'c printin.u-. I mean tlial the i-csolut ion Itc adoph'd ii> 

 suhstaiU'C. and tlial the wording- of it he ivIVi'i'cd hack to the 

 coniinittcc for revision if it (h'enis necessary, 

 ^lotion seconded and unanimously cari'ied. 



President Meehan : The roMowinu- resolution lias been ])rc- 

 sented to the committee hy Mi-. Wilson: 



Whereas, One of the chief objects of the American Fisheries 

 Society is the treatment of all questions regarding fish, of a scientific 

 and economic character, and 



Whereas, The members of the American Fisheries Society now 

 assembled in the city of Washington, D. C, in view of the rapidly 

 decreasing supply of fresh water fishes in many states and provincial 

 waters with its attendant hardships upon the poor, as shown by 

 the great increase in the price of the same, as well as in the ever 

 decreasing catch of the sportsman, also affecting the very life of a 

 great industry, are of the opinion that the present general legislation 

 regarding closed season and size limit does not furnish the maximum 

 amount of protection, and 



Whereas, Through inability to shorten open seasons, or to 

 specially legislate for certain localities where spawning actually 

 begins before and extends beyond the period designated as the closed 

 season, certain sections are deprived of the protection necessary to 

 keep up the natural supply of new life; therefore. 



Resolved, That we urge the various states and provinces of 

 North America to enact such legislation as shall under severe penal- 

 ties prevent the capture or disturbance of fresh water fishes while 

 on their spawning grounds for the purposes of reproduction, such 

 legislation in no way preventing the taking of fish or spawn under 

 the supervision of state, national or dominion authority. Further 



Resolved, That copies of this resolution be furnished the fishery 

 departments of the various states and provinces of the Dominion of 

 Canada. 



President Meehan: That is not aiiproved. The committee 

 fe(ds the matter is one ,ii-overned entirely hy local conditions and 

 should he considered hy local legislatures. 



Ml-. Clark: I move the adoption of the committee's rejiort. 

 Motion seconded. 



Mr. Wilson: As the lather of this resolution I wish to state 

 that this is my tirst appearance in the meetings of the American 

 Msheries Society. I wish also to state that it is not the first 

 time that a resolution of mine has been rejected hy tlie commit- 



