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those who can not attend the meetings of the 

 congress an invitation is extended to submit 

 papers on subjects relating to the fisheries, 

 mailing them to the secretary-general of the 

 congress in season to reach him prior to the 

 opening meetings. For the guidance of those 

 desiring to participate in this manner, the 

 following scheme of subjects is submitted, but 

 the papers need not be restricted to the titles 

 suggested : 



1. Commercial Fisheries: 



(a) Apparatus and methods of fishing. 

 (6) Vessels and boats. 



(c) Handling, preparing and preserving 



the catch. 



(d) Utilization of neglected and waste 



products. 



2. Matters affecting the Fishermen and the 



Fishing Population: 



(a) Hygiene of vessels and houses of fisher- 

 men. 



(6) Diseases of fishermen and their fami- 

 lies. 



(c) Means for preventing loss of life at sea. 



(d) Technical education in fishing, fish 



handling, and fish culture. 



(e) Fishery schools. 



3. Legislation and Regulation relative to: 

 (a) Fishing. 



(i) Fish culture. 



(c) Pollution of waters. 



(d) Obstruction of waters. 



4. International Matters affecting the Fish- 



eries : 

 (a) Eegulation and legislation. 

 (h) Research, 

 (c) Statistics. 



5. Aquiculture: 



(a) Fresh-water fishes. 



(Z)) Salt-water fishes. 



(c) Frogs, turtles, and terrapins. 



(_d) Oysters and other mollusks. 



(e) Lobsters, crabs, crayfish and other 



crustaceans. 



(f) Sponges. 



(g) Algse and other plants. 



(h) New appliances and methods. 

 (i) Utility of fish culture in the ocean 

 and in large inland waters. 



6. Acclimatization: 



(a) American fishes abroad. 



(b) Foreign fishes in America. 



(c) Introduction of other foreign species. 



7. Fishways and Fish Ladders. 



8. Biological Investigation of the Waters and 



Their Inhabitants : 

 (a) Methods and appliances. 

 (&) Results. 



9. Diseases and Parasites of Fishes, Crus- 



taceans, Mollushs, and Other Water 

 Animals. 



10. Angling and Sport Fishing. 



During the week following the regular 

 sessions of the congress, special meetings will 

 be arranged in New York, Boston, Gloucester 

 and possibly other places in New England, it 

 being the purpose to bring the members 

 together for informal sessions in those places, 

 and at the same time to provide time and 

 opportunity for them to visit localities in 

 which they may have a personal interest. In 

 connection with these meetings arrangements 

 will be made to exhibit to the members the 

 methods of the American sea fisheries and the 

 greatest of the fishery ports and fish markets 

 of the United States. 



Other places which may be visited, but for 

 which no special arrangements will be made, 

 are Baltimore, the center of the great oyster 

 industry of Chesapeake Bay, which lies within 

 forty miles of Washington; and Chicago and 

 other lake ports, where the fishery trade and 

 methods of the Great Lakes, the most valuable 

 fresh-water fisheries in the world, may be 

 studied. 



Suitable arrangements will be made for the 

 entertainment and instruction of the members 

 in Washington and at the other places visited, 

 and an opportunity will be given for visits to 

 places of general interest. 



During the week beginning September 20 

 the headquarters of the congress will be estab- 

 lished in the New Willard Hotel, Washington, 

 D. C, where information relating to hotel ac- 

 commodations, transportation, places of in- 

 terest, and other matters will be available. 

 All communications and inquiries before that 

 date should be addressed to the Secretary- 



