290 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Those methods of capture which tend to injure and kill the spiny lobsters are pro- 

 hibited by law. Egg-bearing spiny lobsters are protected, but this protection can not 

 be successful as long as spears, grains, hooks, and other injurious devices are used ille- 

 gally in capture. Many of the spiny lobsters struck with these implements are injured, 

 although not taken, and are left in the water to die sooner or later from their injuries. 

 The pots in use catch all spiny lobsters regardless of size, but it could be required that 

 the mesh be of sufficient size to permit the escape of the smaller animals. 



