16 FISH—CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
BARNEY PHILLIPS, Brooklyn, Corresponding Secretary. 
JAMES ANNIN, JR., Caledonia, N. Y., Recording Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
FRED MATHER, Forest and Stream, (Chairman). 
G. BROWNE GOODE, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. 
SETH WEEKS, Corry, Pa. 
BENJAMIN W. WEST, Fulton Market, N. Y. 
T. B. FERGuSON, Washington, D. C. 
CHARLES B. Evarts, Windsor, Vt. 
Dr. W. M. Hupson, Hartford, Conn. 
Mr. G. SHEPARD PaGe.—Permit me to express my heartfelt 
thanks for the highly appreciated honor bestowed upon me in 
the unanimous election to the position of presiding officer of 
this organization. 
My own connection with the association goes back to its earli- 
est history, and I have counted as of deepest interest the com- 
munion of effort with you, my fellow laborers, in behalf of this 
important subject. | 
Fish-culture is one of the latter day sciences ; indeed its birth 
on this side the Atlantic was after that of every individual pres- 
ent here to-day. We have, as a new member of the association, 
meeting with us at this session, Charles Pease, Esq., of Cleve- . 
land, Ohio, an Tntimate friend and companion of the distinguished 
Dr. Theodotus Garlick, of Ohio, (who first successfully artifici- 
ally propagated fish in 1853), bringing to us the “ God speed” of 
the honored father of fish-culture in America. 
‘Since our last session great activity has marked the progress 
of events. Many millions of shad have been hatched and depos- 
ited in the rivers of the Atlantic slope, and another consignment 
of them was successfully transported across the Continent, and 
the young fry planted in the waters of the Sacramento. Abun- 
dant catches of shad in Southern waters effectually confirm the 
good results of systematic annual reinforcement of the natural 
reproduction by artificialaid. A noticeable feature of the display 
of shad this season is their unusual large average weight. Many 
fish of six pounds and over are exhibited. It is a tenable theory 
that this is due to the vast accession to the species through the 
