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Prince, are now visiting the fishing sections in the west, in 

 the Puget Sonncl region. Since the middle of June they 

 have been over lakes Erie, Huron and Superior getting sug- 

 gestions and ideas from the fishermen and the fishery officials 

 along the line. I expect to spend the next six weeks in 

 Passamaquoddy Bay for the same purpose. I also hope to 

 visit Lake Erie in the fall and meet Professor Prince to get 

 the views of the people concerned. In these cases the fisher- 

 men and others are given an opportunity to see what the 

 proposed regulations are, and at the same time their sug- 

 gestions and criticisms are invited. 



President: I would like to ask if the chairman of the 

 resolutions committee or any other chairman has any further 

 business to present? 



AIr. Titcomb: The committee on resolutions wishes to 

 offer the following: 



Whereas, the State of Ohio, in conjunction with the States of Penn- 

 sylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, has inaugurated in behalf of 

 an historical and educational exposition at Put-in Bay Island in the year 

 1913, in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the 

 Battle of Lake Erie ; and 



Whereas, the said states have enacted legislation favorable to this 

 enterprise and authorizing the appointment of commissioners to pro- 

 mote it ; and 



Whereas, it is proposed to hold a fisheries exhibit in connection with 

 the proposed exposition under the auspices of the State of Ohio and 

 the national government, 



Therefore, be it Resoeved, by the American Fisheries Society, that 

 we cordially endorse the proposed exposition with reference to both its 

 historical and scientific importance, but especially in regard to the oppor- 

 tunity it will present for the promotion of the fisheries interests of the 

 Great Lakes : and we commend to the national authorities the suggestion 

 of their co-operation in the project by means of an adequate fisheries 

 exhibit under tlic direction of tlic United States Government. 



The resolution was ai)prove(l. 



President: Tf there is no other l)usiness to come before 

 the Society, tlie chair will entertain a motion to adjourn. 

 Mr. Clark : T would like to ask the assistant secretarv to 



