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Suternational F wheru Congress.

Organized at Paris in 1900.

First Congress, Paris, September 14 to 19, 1900.

; Invitation of the French Government.
President, PROFESSOR EDMOND PERRIER, Secretary-General, MR. J. PERARD,
Member of the Institute; Director of the Natural History Archivist of the Permanent International Fishery Com-
Museum, Paris; President of the Permanent International mission.

Fishery Commission.

Second Congress, St. Petersburg, February 24 to March 1, 1902.

Invitation of the Imperial Russian Society of Pisciculture and, Fishing.

_ President, HON. VLADIMIR WESCHNIAKOW, Secretary-General, MR. NICHOLAS BORODINE,
Member of the Council of the Empire; Secretary of State; Chief Specialist in Pisciculture of the Russian Department
President of the Imperial Russian Society of Pisciculture of Agriculture.

and Fishing.

Third Congress, Vienna, June 4 to 9, 1905.

Invitation of the Austrian Fisheries Society.

President, DR. FRANZ STEINDACHNER, Secretary-General, DR. HEINRICH VON KADICH,
Court Counsellor; Director of the Imperial Natural His- Administration Counsellor of the Imperial Ministry of
tory Museum, Vienna. Agriculture.

Fourth Congress, Washington, September 22 to 26, 1908.

Invitation of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.

MAY 16 1908
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Juternational Fishery Congress, 1408.

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of Washington, United States of America, in accordance with the decision of the
———| Third International Fishery Congress held in Vienna in 1905. The meeting,
which will be held under the auspices of the United States Bureau of Fisheries
and the American Fisheries Society, will extend from the 22d to the 26th of
September, 1908.

All persons interested in the fisheries, fish culture, fishery administration, or other
matters within the scope of the Congress are invited to attend the meeting and participate
in the proceedings. National, state, and provincial governments, societies, associations,
clubs, and other bodies are requested to nominate and to send delegates.

Persons who expect to attend the Congress or to submit papers are asked to
communicate with the secretary-general as soon as practicable; and the secretaries of
institutions and organizations interested in the work of the Congress are requested to
register their official designation and address, so that they may receive further announce-
ments, programmes, invitations, etc.

i | ‘/HE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS will convene in the City

REGULATIONS OF THE CONGRESS.

I. OBJECT OF THE CONGRESS. 4. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS.
The Congress will deliberate on all important The Congress will follow officially the preceding

affairs concerning fishing and fish culture, and will international fishery congresses, and will conform to
submit propositions and memorials to governments and the decisions for the regulation of the international

to provincial and local authorities. fishery congresses decreed at Paris in 1900. The
president and the secretary-general of the Congress
2. MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS. are nominated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries;

The membership of the Congress will consist of the vice-presidents are elected by the Congress from
government, state, and provincial representatives, among its members.
delegates from home and foreign societies, corporations
and personages invited by the management of the Con- 5- ELECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONGRESS.

gress, and persons at home and abroad who are deemed All the resolutions of the Congress are adopted by
to have an interest in the purposes of the Congress an absolute majority of the members present having
and express a wish to take part in it. the right to vote (see Sec. 3). In case of division the

; president’s vote will decide. Elections take place by
3. RIGHTS TO MEMBERS. ballot. Formal propositions and resolutions intended

All the members of the Congress have the right to for the consideration of the Congress should be in the
vote, to participate in the discussions, and to make hands of the local committee by August 1, 1908. The
independent propositions. In case a corporation should © committee will decide on the admission of such propo-
be represented by several delegates, the members sitions; but in case of rejection it is required to make
of this delegation have the right to only one vote, known to the Congress the reasons therefor.
which shall be cast by the delegate designated to the
presiding officer. The delivery of the card of admis- ©. RESOURCES OF THE CONGRESS.
sion gives to members the right to take part in all The resources of the Congress consist of a special
the enterprises and excursions projected by the Con- appropriation by the Congress of the United States, of
gress, to receive all the publications, and to wear voluntary contributions from interested persons, and
the insignia of the Congress. The members of the of membership fees fixed at two dollars for each person.
Congress are required to conform to its regulations In the case of official representatives of governments
and decisions. the membership fee is remitted.

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7. METHOD OF DEBATE.

All the debates of the Congress take place in full
assembly. The official language is English, but in pre-
senting papers and in debates members have the right
to use also the French, German, or Italian language.

The meetings will be presided over by the presi-
dent or vice-president, who will conduct the debates
according to the established order. The president, on
yielding the chair, may himself take part in the debates.
The duration of the discussion of a subject will be

regulated by the extent of the programme and will be.

communicated to the assembly before the commence-
ment of the debate. Members desiring to speak will
inscribe their names and subjects during or after the
reading of papers, and the president will call on them
to speak in the order of their inscription.

A member may speak only twice on the same
subject in the same meeting, personal remarks and

corrections excepted. The motion for the close of a
debate must immediately be put to a vote; this motion
once accepted, only the members who have previously
asked recognition can speak. The author of a proposi-
tion or paper shall at the end of the debate be recog-
nized for a final résumé.

8. MINUTES AND PUBLICATIONS.

Minutes will be prepared on all the proceedings of
the Congress which will contain the reports and debates
in brief and in extenso. The full transactions of the
Congress will be published as soon as practicable after
the final adjournment.

9. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

The local committee of organization will make such
further regulations as may be necessary for the proper
conduct of the work of the Congress.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME.

Among the subjects that are likely to come before the Congress are the following:

1. Commercial Fisheries:
(a) Apparatus and methods of fishing.
(b) 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 Popu-
lation:

a) Hygiene of vessels and houses of fishermen.

) Diseases of fishermen and their families.

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.
(b) Fish culture.
(c) Pollution of waters.
(d) Obstruction of waters.

4. International Matters Affecting the Fisheries:
(a) Regulation and legislation.
(b) Research.
(c) Statistics.

5. Aquiculture:

(a) Fresh-water fishes.

(b) Salt-water fishes.

(c) Frogs, turtles, and terrapins.

(d) Oysters and other mollusks.

(e) Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and other crusta-
ceans.

(f) Sponges.

(g) Algae 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 Inhabi-
tants:

(a) Methods and appliances.
(b) Results.

9. Diseases and Parasites of Fishes, Crustaceans, Mollusks,

and Other Water Animals.
10. Angling and Sport Fishing.

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COMPETITIVE AWARDS.

In connection with the Congress there have been arranged the following competitive
awards for the best or most important investigations, discoveries, inventions, etc., relative
to fisheries, aquiculture, ichthyology, fish pathology, and related subjects during the years
1906, 1907, and 1908. The awards will be in the form of money, and aggregate $2,200;

and, although the individual
- awards by so representative
many persons to compete and

1. By the American Fisheries Society:

For a paper embodying the most important
original observations and investigations regarding
the cause, treatment, and prevention of a disease
affecting a species of fish under cultivation.

$100 in gold.

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By the American Museum of Natural History,
New York City:

For an original paper describing and illustrating

by specimens the best method of preparing fishes

tor museum and exhibition purposes. $100 in gold.

3. By “Forest and Stream,’”’ New York City; Mr.
George Bird Grinnell, editor:

For the best paper giving description, history,
and methods of administration of a water, or waters,
stocked and preserved as a commercial enterprise,
in which angling is open to the public on payment
of a fee. $50 in gold.

4. By the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York; Mr. F. A.
Lucas, curator-in-chief:

For the best paper setting forth a plan for an
educational exhibit of fishes, the species and speci-
mens that should be shown, the method of arrange-
ment, and suggestions for making such an exhibit
instructive and attractive. $100 in gold.

5. By the New York Aquarium (under the manage-
ment of the New York Zoological Society),
New York City; Mr. Charles H. Townsend,
director:
For an exposition of the best methods of com-
bating fungus disease in fishes in captivity.
$150 in gold.

6. By the New York Botanical Garden, Néw York
City; Dr. N. L. Britton, director:

For the best essay on any interrelation between

marine plants and animals. $100 in gold.

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amounts are not large, it is hoped that the conferring of the
a body as the International Fisheries Congress will induce
will result in much benefit to the fisheries and fish culture.

7. By the Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
ID KGee ;

For the best essay or treatise on ‘‘ International

regulations of the fisheries on the high seas, their

history, objects, and results.’’ $200 in gold.

8. By The Fisheries Company, Philadelphia, Penn-
; sylvania; Mr. Joseph Wharton, president:
For the best essay treating of the effects of
fishing on the abundance and movements of surface-
swimming fishes which go in schools, particularly
the menhaden and similar species, and the influence
of such fishing on the fishes which may prey on
such species. $250 in gold.

g. By the United States Bureau of Fisheries, Wash-
ington, D. C.:

For a report describing the most useful new
and’ original principle, method, or apparatus to
be employed in fish culture or in transporting
live fishes (competition not open to employees of
the Bureau). $200 in gold.

the Wolverine
Michigan:

10. By Fish Company, Detroit,
For the best plan to promote the whitefish pro-
duction of the Great Lakes. $100 in gold.
it. By Mr. Hayes Bigelow, Brattleboro, Vermont,
member of the American Fisheries Society:
For the best demonstration, based on original
investigations and experiments, of the commercial
possibilities of growing sponges from eggs or
cuttings. $100 in gold.
United States
Washington,

Hon.
Commissioner
Ge:

For the best demonstration of the efficacy of

2. By George M. Bowers,

of Fisheries,

artificial propagation as applied to marine fishes.
$100 in gold.

13. By Dr. H. C. Bumpus, director of the American 16. By Dr. F. M. Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts,
Museum of Natural History, New York City: member of the American Fisheries Society:

For an original and practical method of lobster For the best demonstration of the comparative

culture. $100 in gold. value of different kinds of foods for use in rearing

young salmonoids, taking into consideration cheap-

14. By Mr. John K. Cheyney, Tarpon Springs, Florida, ness, availability, and potentiality. $150 in gold.
member of the American Fisheries Society:

For the best presentation treating of the methods 17- By the New York Academy of Sciences, New
of the world’s sponge fisheries, the influence of York City; Dr. N. L. Britton, president:
such methods on the supply of sponges, and the For the contribution, not entered in competition
most effective means of conserving the sponge for any other award, which shall be judged to
grounds. $100 in gold. have the greatest practical value to the fisheries or

fish culture. $100 in gold.
15. By Prof. Theodore Gill, honorary associate in
zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 18. By Messrs. Henry Holt & Company, publishers,

Woy ID Cee
For the best methods of observing the habits
and recording the life histories of fishes, with an

New York City:
For the best series of photographs, with brief
descriptions, illustrating the capture of food or

illustrative example. $100 in gold. game fishes. $100 in gold.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING COMPETITION.

(1) Any person, association, or company may compete for any of the awards.

(2) Each competitor shall, before July 15, 1908, notify the secretary-general of the
Congress as to the particular award for which he competes; and he shall duly qualify
himself as a member of the Congress.

(3) Each paper or exhibit offered in competition shall be in the custody of the
secretary-general on the day of opening of the Congress.

(4) Papers may be written in English, French, German, or Italian.

(5) Each device, apparatus, process, or method for which an award is asked shall be
represented by a sample, a model, or an illustrated description; and each shall be accom-
panied by a complete statement of the points for which an award is asked.

(6) The Congress reserves the right to publish, prior to their publication elsewhere,
any papers or photographs submitted in competition, whether or not such papers or
photographs receive awards; provided, however, that in the event of the Congress having
failed to publish within six months after the session, an author will be at liberty to publish
when and where he may elect.

MAKING OF THE AWARDS.

(1) The papers, appliances, exhibits, etc., submitted in competition for awards will
be examined by an international board to be designated by the president of the International
Fishery Congress.

(2) The board will determine the competitors who are entitled to awards, and the
decisions of the board will be final.

3) The board may call before it, in order to obtain additional information when
desirable, persons who may have entered the competition and also other persons.
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(4) The board may, at its discretion, withhold the award in any case if in its judgment
no sufficiently worthy competition is presented; and it may divide an award if there are
two competitions that it deems of equal merit.

(5) The board will make its report to the Congress not later than the day preceding
final adjournment.

(6) The awards will be announced at a session of the Congress, and each award will
be accompanied by a special certificate or diploma suitably inscribed and bearing the
signatures of the officers of the Congress.

CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications regarding the Congress should be addressed to—

SECRETARY-GENERAL,
INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS,
WASHINGTON] in Co We SeeAy

For the United States Bureau of Fisheries:
GEORGE M. BOWERS,

United States Commissioner of Fisheries.

For the Commitiee of Organization of the Fourth International Fishery
Congress:
HERMON C. BUMPUS,

Director of the American Museum of Natural History;

For the American Fisheries Society:
HUGH M. SMITH,

President of the Society ;
Secretary-General of the Congress.

Suteruational Fishery Congress.

Organized at Paris in 1900.

First Congress, Paris, September 14 to 19, 1900.

Invitation of the French Government.

President, PROFESSOR EDMOND PERRIER, Secretary-General, MR. J. PERARD,
Member of the Institute; Director of the Natural History Archivist of the Permanent International Fishery Com-
Museum, Paris; President of the Permanent International mission.

Fishery Commission.

Second Congress, St. Petersburg, February 24 to March I, 1902.

Invitation of the Imperial Russian Society of Pisciculture and Fishing.

President, HON. VLADIMIR WESCHNIAKOW, Secretary-General, MR. NICHOLAS BORODINE,
Member of the Council of the Empire; Secretary of State; Chief Specialist in Pisciculture of the Russian Department
President of the Imperial Russian Society of Pisciculture of Agriculture.

and Fishing.

Third Congress, Vienna, June 4 to 9, 1905.

Invitation of the Austrian Fisheries Society.

President, DR. FRANZ STEINDACHNER, Secretary-General, DR. HEINRICH VON KADICH,
Court Counsellor; Director of the Imperial Natural His- Administration Counsellor of the Imperial Ministry of
tory Museum, Vienna. Agriculture.

Fourth Congress, Washington, September 22 to 26, 1908.

Invitation of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.

MAY 161908 -
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International Fishery Congress, 1908.

HE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS will convene in the City
of Washington, United States of America, in accordance with the decision of the
Third International Fishery Congress held in Vienna in 1905. The meeting,
which will be held under the auspices of the United States Bureau of Fisheries
and the American Fisheries Society, will extend from the 22d to the 26th of
September, 1908.

All persons interested in the fisheries, fish culture, fishery administration, or other
matters within the scope of the Congress are invited to attend the meeting and participate
in the proceedings. National, state, and provincial governments, societies, associations,
clubs, and other bodies are requested to nominate and to send delegates.

Persons who expect to attend the Congress or to submit papers are asked to
communicate with the secretary-general as soon as practicable; and the secretaries of
institutions and organizations interested in the work of the Congress are requested to
register their official designation and address, so that they may receive further announce-
ments, programmes, invitations, etc.

REGULATIONS OF THE CONGRESS.

I. OBJECT OF THE CONGRESS. 4. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS.

The Congress will deliberate on all important The Congress will follow officially the preceding
affairs concerning fishing and fish culture, and will international fishery congresses, and will conform to
submit propositions and memorials to governments and the decisions for the regulation of the international

to provincial and local authorities. fishery congresses decreed at Paris in 1900. The
president and the secretary-general of the Congress
2. MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS. are nominated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries;

The membership of the Congress will consist of | the vice-presidents are elected by the Congress. from
government, state, and provincial representatives, among its members.
delegates from home and foreign societies, corporations
and personages invited by the management of the Con- 5- ELECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONGRESS.

gress, and persons at home and abroad who are deemed All the resolutions of the Congress are adopted by
to have an interest in the purposes of the Congress an absolute majority of the members present having
and express a wish to take part in it. the right to vote (see Sec. 3). In case of division the

president’s vote will decide. Elections take place by
3. RIGHTS TO MEMBERS. ballot. Formal propositions and resolutions intended

All the members of the Congress have the right to for the consideration of the Congress should be in the
vote, to participate in the discussions, and to make hands of the local committee by August 1, 1908. The
independent propositions. In case a corporation should committee will decide on the admission of such propo-
be represented by several delegates, the members _ sitions; but in case of rejection it is required to make
of this delegation have the right to only one vote, known to the Congress the reasons therefor.
which shall be cast by the delegate designated to the
presiding officer. The delivery of the card of admis- ©. RESOURCES OF THE CONGRESS.
sion gives to members the right to take part in all The resources of the Congress consist of a special
the enterprises and excursions projected by the Con- appropriation by the Congress of the United States, of
gress, to receive all the ‘publications, and to wear voluntary contributions from interested persons, and
the insignia of the Congress. The members of the of membership fees fixed at two dollars for each person.
Congress are required to conform to its regulations In the case of official representatives of governments
and decisions. the membership fee is remitted.

Ww

7. METHOD OF DEBATE.

All the debates of the Congress take place in full
assembly. The official language is English, but in pre-
senting papers and in debates members have the right
to use also the French, German, or Italian language.

The meetings will be presided over by the presi-
dent or vice-president, who will conduct the debates
according to the established order. The president, on
yielding the chair, may himself take part in the debates.
The duration of the discussion of a subject will be
regulated by the extent of the programme and will be
communicated to the assembly before the commence-
ment of the debate. Members desiring to speak will
inscribe their names and subjects during or after the
reading of papers, and the president will call on them
to speak in the order of their inscription.

A member may speak only twice on the same
subject in the same meeting, personal remarks and

corrections excepted. The motion for the close of a
debate must immediately be put to a vote; this motion
once accepted, only the members who have previously
asked recognition can speak. The author of a proposi-
tion or paper shall at the end of the debate be recog-
nized for a final résumé.

8. MINUTES AND PUBLICATIONS.

Minutes will be prepared on all the proceedings of
the Congress which will contain the reports and debates
in brief and in extenso. The full transactions of the
Congress will be published as soon as practicable after
the final adjournment.

9. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

The local committee of organization will make such
further regulations as may be necessary for the proper
conduct of the work of the Congress.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME.

Among the subjects that are likely to come before the Congress are the following:

1. Commercial Fisheries:
(a) Apparatus and methods of fishing.
(b) Vessels and boats.
(c) Handling, preparing,
catch.
(d) Utilization of neglected and waste products.

and preserving the

2. Matters Affecting the Fishermen and the Fishing Popu-

lation:
(a) Hygiene of vessels and houses of fishermen.
(b) Diseases of fishermen and their families.
(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.
(b) Fish culture.
(c) Pollution of waters.
(d) Obstruction of waters.

4. International Matters Affecting the Fisheries:
(a) Regulation and legislation.
(b) Research.
(c) Statistics.

5. Aguiculture:
(a) Fresh-water fishes.
(b) Salt-water fishes.
(c) Frogs, turtles, and terrapins.
(d) Oysters and other mollusks.
(e) Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and other crusta-
ceans.
(f) Sponges.
(g) Algae 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 Inhabi-
tants:
(a) Methods and appliances.
(b) Results.

9. Diseases and Parasites of Fishes, Crustaceans, Mollusks,

and Other Water Animals.
10. Angling and Sport Fishing.

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COMPETITIVE AWARDS.

In connection with the Congress there have been arranged the following competitive
awards for the best or most important investigations, discoveries, inventions, etc., relative
to fisheries, aquiculture, ichthyology, fish pathology, and related subjects during the years
1906, 1907, and 1908. The awards will be in the form of money, and aggregate $2,200;
and, although the individual amounts are not large, it is hoped that the conferring of the
awards by so representative a body as the International Fisheries Congress will induce
many persons to compete and will result in much benefit to the fisheries and fish culture.

. By the American Fisheries Society :

For a paper embodying the most important
original observations and investigations regarding
the cause, treatment, and prevention of a disease
affecting a species of fish under cultivation.

$100 in gold.

By the American Museum of Natural History,
New York City :

For an original paper describing and illustrating

by specimens the best method of preparing fishes

for museum and exhibition purposes. $100 in gold.

By ‘Forest and Stream,’’ New York City; Mr.
George Bird Grinnell, editor:

For the best paper giving description, history,
and methods of administration of a water, or waters,
stocked and preserved as a commercial enterprise,
in which angling is open to the public on payment
of a fee. $50 in gold.

By the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York; Mr. F. A.
Lucas, curator-in-chief:

For the best paper setting forth a plan for an
educational exhibit of fishes, the species and speci-
mens that should be shown, the method of arrange-
ment, and suggestions for making such an exhibit
instructive and attractive. $100 in gold.

By the New York Aquarium (under the manage-
ment of the New York Zoological Society),
New York City; Mr. Charles H. Townsend,
director:
For an exposition of the best methods of com-
bating fungus disease in fishes in captivity.
$150 in gold.

By the New York Botanical Garden, New York
City; Dr. N. L. Britton, director:

For the best essay on any interrelation between

marine plants and animals. $100 in gold.

Sia

10.

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By the Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
Dr Ge:

For the best essay or treatise on ‘‘ International

regulations of the fisheries on the high seas, their

history, objects, and results.’’ $200 in gold.

. By The Fisheries Company, Philadelphia, Penn-

sylvania; Mr. Joseph Wharton, president:
For the best essay treating of the effects of
fishing on the abundance and movements of surface-
swimming fishes which go in schools, particularly
the menhaden and similar species, and the influence
of such fishing on the fishes which may prey on
such species. $250 in gold.

By the United States Bureau of Fisheries, Wash-
ington, D. C.:

For a report describing the most useful new
and original principle, method, or apparatus to
be employed in fish culture or in transporting
live fishes (competition not open to employees of
the Bureau). $200 in gold.

By the Wolverine Fish Company,
Michigan:

Detroit,

For the best plan to promote the whitefish pro-
duction of the Great Lakes. $100 in gold.

By Mr. Hayes Bigelow, Brattleboro, Vermont,
member of the American Fisheries, Society :

For the best demonstration, based on original

investigations and experiments, of the commercial

possibilities of growing sponges from eggs or

cuttings. $100 in gold.

2. By Hon. George M. Bowers, United States

Commissioner of Fisheries, Washington,
Dy (CE
For the best demonstration of the efficacy of
artificial propagation as applied to marine fishes.
$100 in gold.

13. y.. Orme C. Bumpus, director of the American 16. By Dr. F. M. Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts,

Museum of Natural History, New York City: member of the American Fisheries Society:
For an original and practical method of lobster For the best demonstration of the comparative
culture. $100 in gold. value of different kinds of foods for use in rearing
young salmonoids, taking into consideration cheap-
14. By Mr. John K. Cheyney, Tarpon Springs, Florida, ness, availability, and potentiality. $150 in gold.

* member of the American Fisheries Society:
For the best presentation treating of the methods 1!7- By the New York Academy of Sciences, New

of the world’s sponge fisheries, the influence of York City; Dr. N. L. Britton, president:
such methods on the supply of sponges, and the For the contribution, not entered in competition
most effective means of conserving the sponge for any other award, which shall be judged to
grounds. $100 in gold. have the greatest practical value to the fisheries or
fish culture. $100 in gold.

15. By Prof. Theodore Gill, honorary associate in
zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 18. By Messrs. Henry Holt & Company, publishers,

tons De Cx New York City:
For the best methods of observing the Rabies For the best series of photographs, with brief
and recording the life histories of fishes, with an descriptions, illustrating the capture of food or
illustrative example. $100 in gold. game fishes. $100 in gold.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING COMPETITION.

(1) Any person, association, or company may compete for any of the awards.

2) Each competitor shall, before July 15, 1908, notify the secretary-general of the
Congress as to the particular award for which he competes; and he shall duly qualify
himself as a member of the Congress.

(3) Each paper or exhibit offered in competition shall be in the custody of the
secretary-general on the day of opening of the Congress

(4) Papers may be written in English, French, German, or Italian.

(s) Each device, apparatus, process, or method for which an award is asked shall be

represented by a sample, a model, or an illustrated description; and each shall be accom
' yanied by a complete statement of the points for which an award is asked.

(6) The Congress reserves the right to publish, prior to their publication elsewhere,
any papers or photographs submitted in competition, whether or not such papers or
photographs receive awards; provided, however, that in the event of the Congress having
failed to publish within six months after the session, an author will be at liberty to publish
when and where he may elect.

MAKING OF THE AWARDS.

) The papers, appliances, exhibits, etc., submitted in competition for awards will
be examined by an international board to be designated by the president of the International
Fishery Congress.

(2) The board will determine the competitors who are entitled to awards, and the
decisions of the board will be final.
3) The board may call before it, in order to obtain additional information when
desirable, persons who may have entered the competition and also other persons,
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(4) The board may, at its discretion, withhold the award in any case if in its judgment
no sufficiently worthy competition is presented; and it may divide an award if there are
two competitions that it deems of equal merit.

(5) The board will make its report to the Congress not later than the day preceding
final adjournment. .

(6) The awards will be announced at a session of the Congress, and each award will
be accompanied by a special certificate or diploma suitably inscribed and bearing the
signatures of the officers of the Congress.

CORRESPONDENCE.
| Communications regarding the Congress should be addressed to—

SECRETARY-GENERAL,
INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A.

For the United States Bureau of Fisheries:
GEORGE M. BOWERS,

United States Commissioner of Fisheries.

For the Committee of Organization of the Fourth International Fishery
Congress:
HERMON C. BUMPUS,
Director of the American Museum of Natural History ;
President of the Congress.

For the American Fisheries Society:
HUGH M. SMITH,

President of the Society ;
Secretary-General of the Congress.

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