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 First Congress, Paris, September 14 to 19, 1900. 
 
 Invitation of tlie FrenclT Gox-ernment. 
 
 PirsiJc'iit, Professor EDMOND PERRIER, Sccrctaiy-Gencral, MR. J. PERARD, 
 
 Member of the Institute; Director of tlie Natural History Arcliivist of tire Permanent International Fishery Corn- 
 
 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 VVESCHNIAkOVV, Secretary-General, Mr. NICHOLAS BORODINE, 
 
 .Wember of the Council of the Empire; Secretary of State; Chief Specialist in Pisciculture of tlie Russian Department 
 
 President of tlie 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. 
 
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 IViAY 16 1908 
 D. ot 0. 
 

 THE 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 igot^. 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, igo8. 
 
 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. 
 
 1. Object of the Congress. 
 
 The Congress will deliberate on all important 
 affairs concerning fishing and fish culture, and will 
 submit propositions and memorials to governments and 
 to provincial and local authorities. 
 
 2. Members of the Congress. 
 
 The membership of the Congress will consist of 
 government, state, and provincial representatives, 
 delegates from home and foreign societies, corporations 
 and personages invited by the management of the Con- 
 gress, and persons at hoine and abroad who are deemed 
 to have an interest in the purposes of the Congress 
 and e.vpress a wish to tal<e part in it. 
 
 3. RIGHTS TO Members. 
 
 All the members of the Congress have the right to 
 vote, to participate in the discussions, and to make 
 independent propositions. In case a corporation should 
 be represented by several delegates, the members 
 of this delegation have the right to only one vote, 
 which shall be cast b\- the delegate designated to the 
 presiding oificer. The delivery of the card of admis- 
 sion gives to members the right to take part in all 
 the enterprises and excursions projected by the Con- 
 gress, to receive all the publications, and to wear 
 the insignia of the Congress. The members of the 
 Congress are required to conform to its regulations 
 and decisions. 
 
 4. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS. 
 
 The Congress will follow officially the preceding 
 international fishery congresses, and will conform to 
 the decisions for the regulation of the international 
 fishery congresses decreed at Paris in igoo. The 
 president and the secretary-general of the Congress 
 are nominated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries; 
 the vice-presidents are elected by the Congress from 
 among its members. 
 
 5. Elections and Resolutions of the Congress. 
 
 All the resolutions of the Congress are adopted by 
 an absolute majority of the members present ha\ing 
 the right to vote (see Sec. 3). In case of division the 
 president's vote will decide. Elections take place by 
 ballot. Formal propositions and resolutions intended 
 for the consideration of the Congress should be in the 
 hands of the local committee by August i, 1908. The 
 committee will decide on the admission of such propo- 
 sitions; but in case of rejection it is required to make 
 known to the Congress the reasons therefor. 
 
 6. Resources of the Congress. 
 
 The resources of the Congress consist of a special 
 appropriation b\- the Congress of the United States, of 
 voluntary contributions from interested persons, and 
 of membership fees fl.\ed at two dollars for each person. 
 In the case of official representatives of governments 
 the membership fet- 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 h-ave 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 \\ ho 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 resume. 
 
 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 ma\' 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 preser\-ing the 
 
 catch. ■ 
 
 (d) Utilization of neglected and waste products. 
 
 2. Matters Affecting the Fishermen and the Fishing Popu- 
 
 lation : 
 
 (a) f^ygiene 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 watt-is. 
 
 4. International IVlatters 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 mollusU's. 
 
 (e) Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and other crusta- 
 
 ceans. 
 
 (f) Sponges. 
 
 (g) Algae and other plants. 
 
 (h) New appliances and methods, 
 (i) l]tilit\- of fish culture in the ocean and in 
 large inland waters. 
 
 6. Acclimatization: 
 
 (a) American fishes abroad. 
 
 tb) 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. 
 
 1 0. Angling and Sport Fishing. 
 
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. 
 
 1. B\ 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. 
 
 2. By tJTe American Museum of Natural History, 
 
 New York City : 
 For an original paper describing and illustrating 
 by specimens the best method of preparing fishes 
 toi' museum and exhibition purjioses. $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 pavment 
 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 e.xhibit of fishes, the species and speci- 
 mens that should be shown, the method of arrange- 
 ment, and suggestions for making such an e.xhibit 
 instructive and attractive. $100 in gold. 
 
 5. B\' the New York Aquarium (under the manage- 
 
 ment of the New York Zoological Society), 
 New York' Cit\'; 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, N5w York 
 
 City; Dr. N. L. Britton, director: 
 For the best essay on an_v interrelation between 
 marine plants and animals. $100 in gold. 
 
 10. 
 
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 12. 
 
 By the Smithsonian institution, Washington, 
 D. C: 
 
 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 essav treating of the effects of 
 fishing on the abLindance 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, Detroit, 
 Michigan: 
 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. 
 
 B\- Hon. George M. Bowers, United States 
 Commissioner of Fisheries, Washington, 
 D. C: 
 
 For the best denKjnstration of the efticac)- of 
 artificial propagation as applied to in:uine fishes. 
 
 $100 in gold. 
 
1 3- B}- Dr. H. C. Bumpus, director of the American 
 
 Museum of Natural History, New York City: 
 
 For an original and practical method of lobster 
 
 culture. $100 in gold. 
 
 14. By Mr. John K. Cheyney, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 
 
 member of the American Fisheries Society: 
 For the best presentation treating of the methods 
 of the world's sponge fisheries, the influence of 
 such methods on the suppl}' of sponges, and the 
 most effective means of conserving the sponge 
 grounds. $100 in gold. 
 
 15. B>^ Prof. Theodore Gill, honorary associate in 
 
 zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 
 ton, D. C: 
 For the best methods of observing the habits 
 and recording the life histories of fishes, with an 
 illustrative example. $100 in gold. 
 
 16. B\- Dr. F. M. Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, 
 
 member of the American Fisheries Society: 
 For the best demonstration of the comparative 
 value of different kinds of foods for use in rearing 
 young salmonoids, taking into consideration cheap- 
 ness, availability, and potentiality. $150 in gold. 
 
 17. By the New York Academy of Sciences, New 
 
 York City; Dr. N. L. Britton, president: 
 
 For the contribution, nut entered in competition 
 
 for any other award, which shall be judged to 
 
 have the greatest practical value to the fisheries or 
 
 tish culture. $100 in gold. 
 
 18. By Messrs. Henry Holt & Company, publishers, 
 
 New York City: 
 For the best series of photographs, with brief 
 descriptions, illustrating the capture of food or 
 game fishes. $100 in gold. 
 
 CONDITIONS GOVERNING COMPETITION. 
 
 (1) Any person, association, or company may compete for any of tlie awards. 
 
 (2) Eacli competitor sliall, before July k, 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. 
 
 ($) 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 mav elect. 
 
 MAKING OF THE AWARDS. 
 
 (i) 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 ^vho are entitled to awards, and the 
 decisions of the board will be final. 
 
 (3) The board ma\' 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 sut^lciently wortl\y competition is presented; and it may divide an award if there are 
 two competitions that it deems of equal merit. 
 
 ('^') 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 oiTicers of the Congress. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Communications regarding the Congress should be addressed to- 
 
 Secretary-General, 
 
 International Fishery Congress, 
 
 Washington, D. C, U. S. A. 
 
 For Uic United States Bureau of Fisheries: 
 
 GEORGE M, BOWERS, 
 
 United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 
 
 For the Committee of Organisation of the Fourth International Fishery 
 Congress: 
 
 HERMON C. BUMPUS, 
 
 Director of the American Museum of Natural History; 
 President of the Congress. 
 
 For the .-Imerican Fisheries Society: 
 
 HUGH M. SMITH, 
 
 President of tlie Society; 
 Secretary-General of the Congress. 
 
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 Sutrrnattnual iFisIirr^ (HcngrpBS. 
 
 (iDrganiErft at ?3aris in lillin. 
 
 First Congress, Paris, September 14 to 19, 1900. ' 
 
 Invitation of tlie French Government. 
 
 President, PROFESSOR EDMOND PERRIER, Secretary-General, MR. J. PERARD, 
 
 Member of the Institute; Director of tlie Natural History Arciiivist of tlie Permanent International Fishery Coni- 
 
 Museum, Paris; President of the Permanent International mission. 
 
 Fishery Commission. 
 
 Second Congress, St. Petersburg, February 24 to March i, 1902. 
 
 Invitation of tlie Imperial Russian Society of Pisciculture and Fishing. 
 
 President, HON. VLADIMIR WESCHNIAKOVV, Secretary-General, Mr. NICHOLAS BORODINE, 
 
 iVlember 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 Natur.il His- Administration Counsellor of the Imperial Ministry of 
 
 tory Museum, Vienn.i. Agriculture. 
 
 Fourth Congress, Washington, September 22 to 26, 1908. 
 
 Invitation of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 
 

 MAY 16 1908 
 B, ot fi. 
 
diutrniattmial iFtsltrry (EnitrirrBs, IHIIB. 
 
 THE 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 190^. 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 nomiiiate 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. 
 
 1. Object of the Congress. 
 
 The Con.Liress will deliberate on ;ill important 
 affairs concerning fisliing and fish culture, and will 
 submit propositions and memorials to governments and 
 to provincial and local authorities. 
 
 2. Members of the Congress. 
 
 The membership of tlie Congress will consist of 
 government, state, and provincial representatives, 
 delegates from home and foreign societies, corporations 
 and personages in\-ited by the management of the Con- 
 gress, and persons at home and abroad who are deemed 
 to have an interest in the purposes of the Congress 
 and express a w isli to tal<e part in it. 
 
 3. RIGHTS TO Members. 
 
 All the members of the Congress have the right to 
 vote, to participate in the discussions, and to make 
 independent propositions. In case a corporation sliould 
 be represented by .several delegates, the members 
 of this delegation have tlie right to only one vote, 
 which shall be cast by the delegate designated to the 
 presiding officer. The delivery of the card of admis- 
 sion gives to members the right to tal<e part in all 
 the enterprises and e.xcursions projected by the Con- 
 gress, to receive all the publications, and to wear 
 the insignia of the Congress. The members of the 
 Congress are required to conform to its regulations 
 and decisions. 
 
 4. Organization of the Congress. 
 
 The Congress will follow officially the preceding 
 international tishery congresses, and will conform to 
 the decisions for the regulation of the international 
 fishery congresses decreed at Paris in 1900. The 
 president and the secretary-general of the Congress 
 are nominated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries; 
 the vice-presidents are elected by tlie Congress from 
 among its members. 
 
 5. Elections and Resolutions of the Congress. 
 
 All the resolutions of the Congress are adopted by 
 an absolute majority of the members present having 
 the right to vote (see Sec. 3). In case of division the 
 president's vote will decide. Elections take place by 
 ballot. Formal propositions and resolutions intended 
 for the consideration of the Congress should be in the 
 hands of the local committee by August i, igo8. The 
 committee will decide on the admission of such propo- 
 sitions; but in case of rejection it is required to make 
 known to the Congress the reasons therefor. 
 
 6. Resources of the Congress. 
 
 The resources of the Congress consist of a special 
 appropriation by tlie Congress of the United States, of 
 voluntary contributions from interested persons, and 
 of membership fees fi.wd at two dollars for each person. 
 In the case of official representatives of governments 
 the membership fee is remitted. 
 
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, ma\' 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 speal< 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 resume. 
 
 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. 
 
 g. 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. 
 
 Am(_)n,y 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. 
 
 (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) Fisher\' 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 moUusks. 
 
 (e) Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, and other crusta- 
 
 ceans. 
 
 (f) Sponges. 
 
 (g) Algas 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. 
 
 1 0. Angling and Sport Fishing. 
 
COMPETITIVE AWARDS. 
 
 In connection with tlie 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. 
 
 1. Bv 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 tlsh under cultivation. ' 
 
 $100 in gold. 
 
 2. By the American Museum of Natural History, 
 
 New York City : 
 For an original paper describing and ilkistrating 
 by specimens the best method of preparing fishes 
 lor museum and exhibition purposes. $100 in gold. 
 
 3. B\- "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. B\ 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 Citv; 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. B\ the New York Botanical Garden, New York 
 
 City; Dr. N. L. Brittoii, director: 
 For the best essay on any interrelation between 
 marine plants and animals. $100 in gold. 
 
 7. By the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 
 
 D. C: 
 
 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. 
 
 9. 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. 
 
 10. B} the Wolverine Fish Company, Detroit, 
 
 Michigan: 
 For the best plan to promote the whitetish pro- 
 duction of the Great Lakes. $100 in gold. 
 
 11. 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. 
 
 12. B\ Hon. George M. Bowers, United States 
 
 Commissioner of Fisheries, Washington, 
 D. C: 
 
 For the best demonstration of the efficacy of 
 artificial propagation as applied to marine fishes. 
 
 $100 in gold. 
 
1 3- B\- Dr. H. C. Bumpus, director of the American 
 
 Museum of Natural History, New York City : 
 
 For an original and practical method of lobster 
 
 culture. $100 in gold. 
 
 14. By Mr. John K. Cheyney, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 
 
 ' member of the Ameiican Fisheries Society: 
 For the best presentation treating of the methods 
 of the world's sponge fisheries, the influence of 
 such methods on the supply of sponges, and the 
 most effective means of conserving the sponge 
 grounds. $100 in gold. 
 
 15. Bv Prof. Theodore Qill, honorary associate in 
 
 zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 
 ton, D. C: 
 For the best methods of observing the habits 
 and recording the life histories of fishes, with an 
 illustrative example. $100 in gold. 
 
 16. B\' Dr. F. M. Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, 
 
 member of the American Fisheries Society: 
 For the best demonstration of the comparative 
 value of different kinds of foods for use in rearing 
 young salmonoids, taking into consideration cheap- 
 ness, availabilitv, and potentialitv. $150 in gold. 
 
 17. By the New York Academy of Sciences, New 
 
 York City; Dr. N. L. Britton, president: 
 
 For the contribution, not entered in competition 
 
 for any other award, which shall be judged to 
 
 have the greatest practical value to the fisheries or 
 
 fish culture. $100 in gold. 
 
 18. By Messrs. Henry Holt & Company, publishers, 
 
 New York City: 
 For the best series of photographs, with brief 
 descriptions, illustrating the capture of food or 
 game fishes. $100 in gold. 
 
 CONDITIONS GOVERNING COMPETITION. 
 
 (i) Any person, association, or company may compete for any of the awards. 
 
 (2) Eacli competitor sliall, before July i^, 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. 
 
 ( tj) 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 si.x months after the session, an author will be at liberty to publish 
 when and wliere 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 wlio may have entered the competition and also other persons. 
 
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(4) The hoard may, at its discretion, withliold the award in any case if in its jud.^ment 
 no sulTiciently worthy competition is presented ; and it may divide an award if there are 
 two competitions that it deems of equal merit. 
 
 (t^) 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 aw^ard 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 Organisation of the Fourth International Fishery 
 Cangress: 
 
 HERMON C. BUMPUS, 
 
 Director of the Ajiierican Museum of Natural History; 
 President of tlie Congress. 
 
 For the American Fisheries Society: 
 
 HUGH M. SMITH, 
 
 President of tJie Society; 
 Secretary-General of tlie Congress. 
 
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