N OF T Bite A He Pee 1 XXVIII , 1908 ih GA? rf ORGANIZATION AND SESSIONAL BUSINESS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CON- GRESS, WASHINGTON, U.S. A, 1908 # # u& From BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES, Volume XXVIII, 1908 , oo eeeeeeeeEeEeEeEeEE WASHINGTON : : : : : : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : : : : : : 1910 BUREAU OF FISHERIES DOCUMENT NO, 726 Issued April, 1910 \gi0 ec & S)) Wu ORGANIZATION AND SESSIONAL BUSINESS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS . The papers, appliances, exhibits, etc., submitted in competition for awards will be examined by an international committee to be designated by the president of the International Fishery Congress. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS. 71 8. The committee will determine the competitors who are entitled to awards, and the decisions of the committee will be final. g. The committee may call before it, in order to obtain additional information when desirable, persons who may have entered the competition and also other persons. 10. The committee 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. 11. The committee will make its report to the congress not later than the day pre- ceding final adjournment. 12. 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. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AWARDS. At the opening session of the congress, the president appointed an international committee on awards, consisting of eighteen members who were not competitors. The committee, divided into five subcommittees to deal with the various groups of awards, consisted of the following, of whom Dr. E. A. Birge was chosen as general chairman: For prizes numbered 3, 7, and 8—Dr. Oscar Nordqvist, chairman; Dr. Theo. S. Palmer, Maj. Richard Sylvester, Dr. Barton W. Evermann, Dr. W.S. Harban. For prizes numbered 1, 5, 6, 11, 14, and 15—Dr. Decio Vinciguerra, chairman; Dr. E. A. Birge, Dr. F. B. Sumner, Dr. T. Kitahara. For prize numbered 17—Dr. H. von Kadich, chairman; Dr. Henry B. Ward, Dr. Robert E. Coker. For prizes numbered 9, 10, 12, 13, and 16—Dr. P. C. C. Hoek, chairman, Mr. W. E. Meehan, Mr. J. W. Titcomb. For prizes numbered 2, 4, and 18—Dr. Gregoire Antipa, chairman; Dr. S. E. Meek, Dr. F. W. True. THE AWARDS CONFERRED. About 50 papers and exhibits were submitted in competition, many of which were of high value and embodied the results of painstaking research and experiment. The committee adopted the following rules for their guidance: 1. No prize shall be awarded except for a paper of exceptional value. Such paper should contain the results of an unusually thorough and complete investigation, or should announce an important new discovery or method. 2. It is not expedient to award less than a full prize to a single paper, although, following the general rules, a prize may be divided between papers of equal merit. 3. In case no award of a prize be given, the committee recommend that the donor be requested to allow the prize to remain open for competition at the next International Fishery Congress. The committee reported their findings on September 25, and unanimously made the following awards: No. 2: To Mr. Dwight Franklin, New York City. No. 4: To Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, New York City, and Mr. Roy W. Miner, American Museum of Natural History, New York City (division of prize). No. 7: To Mr. Charles H. Stevenson, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. No. 9: To Dr. A. D. Mead, Brown University, Providence, R. I. No. 10: To Mr. Paul Reighard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. No. 11: To Dr. Henry F. Moore, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. No. 13: To Dr. A. D. Mead, Brown University, Providence, R. I. No. 14: To Dr. Henry F. Moore, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C. 72 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. No. 15: To Prof. Jacob Reighard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. No. 16: To Mr. Charles G. Atkins, U. S. Fisheries Station, Craig Brook, Me. No. 17: To Mr. John I. Solomon, New York City. The committee recommended that no awards be made in the case of prizes num- bered 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 18. For one of these there was no competition and for the others the papers or exhibits were regarded either as not of sufficient merit or as not strictly within the terms of the award. In recognition of his papers on the sponge fisheries, and his most praiseworthy efforts on behalf of the sponge fishermen, Mr. Charles Flegel, member of the Imperial Austrian Fishery Society, was awarded a special cash prize of $50 by the officers of the congress. PERMANENT COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESSES. A meeting of the Permanent Commission of the International Fishery Congresses was held at Washington, D. C., on September 23, 1908, in connection with the Fourth International Fishery Congress. The meeting was called to order by the ex-officio chairman, Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, president of the congress; and the following mem- bers were in attendance: Dr. Heinrich von Kadich, representing Austria; Prof. Decio Vinciguerra, representing Italy; Prof. Gregoire Antipa, representing Roumania; Dr. Oscar Fritiof Nordqvist, representing Sweden; Dr. Hugh M. Smith, representing the United States of America. With the approval of the meeting, the representatives from various other countries were invited to be present, and the following were in attendance: Lieut. Radler de Aquino, representing Brazil; Mr. O. T. Olsen, representing Great Britain; Dr. Walther Naumann, representing Germany; Dr. Ramon Bengoechea, representing Guatemala; Chevalier Guido Rossati, representing Italy; Hon. José F. Godoy, representing Mexico. Prof. Decio Vinciguerra presented a letter from the president of the Italian Fishery Society, extending on behalf of the society a very cordial invitation to hold the next con- gress at Rome in rgr1, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Italian unity. An invitation having the same purport was likewise received from the mayor of Rome. After Professor Vinciguerra had seconded the invitation, the commission voted unani- mously to accept it, and agreed to report their action to the congress for ratification. Dr. Walther Naumann announced that at the next congress an invitation to hold the Sixth Congress in Germany would be formally presented. A proposition from Mr. Nicholas Borodine, of Russia, for an international dictionary of fishing and fish-cultural terms in twelve languages was indorsed, and the secretary was directed to bring the matter to the attention of the congress with a favorable recommen- dation to the committee on resolutions. Professor Vinciguerra proposed that at the next congress a scheme should be sub- mitted for imposing more important duties and responsibilities on the Permanent Com- mission of International Fishery Congresses than have heretofore been assumed. On motion, duly seconded, a committee of three was appointed to consider this matter and report at the next congress, the committee consisting of Professor Vinciguerra (chairman), Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, of Holland, and Prof. Bruno Hofer, of Germany. The meeting then adjourned. HuGu M. Smiru, Secretary. 73 PUBLISHED WORKS PRESENTED BEFORE THE CONGRESS. BELLINI, A. Experiences sur l’élevage de l’anguille en stabulation 4 Commachio. Extrait du Bulletin de la Société centrale d’Aquiculture et de Péche, 1907, Paris. Accompanied by reviews of the article (1) by E. Tiessen in Deutsche Fischerei-Correspondenz, April, 1908; (2) by Seligo, in separate from Deutsche Fischerei-Zeitung, Stettin; (3) by “H. R.” in Allgemeine Fischerei-Zeitung, no. 3, 1908; and (4) by E. E. Leonhardt in Fischerei-Zeitung, December 21, 1907, Neudamm. BeEsana, G. Ueber Kies- und Plattenerbriitung. Separat-Abdruck aus Nr. 13, Jg. 1908, Allge- meinen Fischerei-Zeitung. Abnorme sviluppo di alghe nel Lago di Como dannegiante la pesca. Estratte dalla Rivista mensile di Pesca, anno x, n. 1-2. 1908. CrLopi, EDUARD. Anleitung zur kiinstlichen Fischzucht und Teichwirtschaft, zum Selbstunterricht sowie fiir Lehrer und Teilnehmer an Fischerei-Kursen. Berlin, 1908. DANNEVIG, G. M. Bor Udlaekningsarbeidet udvides og ogsaa omfatte Vestkystens Fjorde? Flodevig, July, 1908. HoFeErR, BRUNO. Atlas der Stisswasserfische von Mitteleuropa. Containing 31 colored plates. Text to be completed after October 1, 1908, comprising 600 pages large folio, with 300 illustrations. Studien tiber die Hautsinnesorgane der Fische. I. Teil, Die Funktion der Seitenor- gane bei den Fischen. Sonderabdruck a. d. Berichten der K. Bayer. Biologischen Ver- suchsstation in Miinchen, bd. 1. Stuttgart, 1907. Berichte aus der Kgl. Bayerischen Biologischen Versuchsstation in Miinchen, bd. 1. Stuttgart, 1908. Handbuch der Fischkrankheiten. 2. unveranderte Auflage. Stuttgart, 1906. Kunz, GEORGE FREDERICK, and STEVENSON, CHARLES HUGH. The book of the pearl: The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems. With numerous plates, colored and black and white. Century Company, New York City. 1g08. MIRANDA RIBEIRO, ALIPIO DE. Fauna Braziliense, Peixes, I and II. Extrahido do xtv volume dos Archivos do Museu Nacional. 1907. MorerIrRA, CARLOS. Crustaceos, Campanhas de Pesca do ‘‘Annie.’’ Rio de Janeiro, 1906. 74 ——— — oo St“ FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS, ~I on NICHOLSON, F. A. Note on fisheries in Japan. Madras, 1907. REITZENSTEIN VON. Untersuchungen uber die Lebensfahigkeit der mit dem Grundschleppnetz gefangenen Schollen in den Jahren r906-1907. Sonderabdruck aus die Beteiligung Deutschlands an der internationalen Meeresforschung, Jahresbericht 1v-v. Berlin, 1908. Smiru, Hucu M. The fishes of North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, vol. u. Raleigh, 1907. PERIODICALS AND GOVERNMENT REPORTS. Projecto de Regulamentacgao da Pesca. Rio de Janeiro, 1904. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, vol. x1, x11, xr, and xIv. (Dominion) British Columbia Fisheries Commission 1905-1907. Report and recom- mendations, with addenda and appendices. Ottawa, 1908. Georgian Bay Fisheries Commission 1905-1908. Report and recommendations, with appendices. Ottawa, 1908. Further contributions to Canadian biology, being studies from the Marine Biological Station of Canada, 1902-1906. Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Fisheries Branch. Ottawa, 1907. Office International de Documentation pour la Péche, Publication no. 1, 1908, Pro- gramme, Organisation, Services. Brussels. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, bd. 1, hft. 1-3, 1908. Leipzig. (Unter Mitwirkung von Albert Ftirst von Monaco, Alexander Agassiz, Carl Chun, F. A. Forel, Viktor Hensen, Richard Hertwig, Sir John Murray, Fritjof Nansen, Otto Pettersson, Aug. Weismann.) The Fishing Gazette, 1907. New York. 2) ae as =<} *