8 INLAND FISHERIES. 



not fishermen that the law relating to the size of lobsters that may 

 be taken, has been continnallj^ violated ; to the detriment of the 

 honest fishermen and the lobsters are not allowed to mature. 



We recommend that some one be designated to enforce this law 

 in the different towns where it is violated. 



In the study of our fisheries it has often been suggested that 

 the mud dredged from our harbors and rivers and dropped in the 

 channels, was carried to all parts of the bay and in fishing grounds 

 outside and deposited in quantity sufficient to be seriously 

 detrimental to the fisheries. In this way some of the changes 

 that have been noted and complained of have been explained. 



In order to get some reliable data on this subject we applied to 

 CaiDt. W. II. Bixby, who has charge of the U. S. Engineer's De- 

 partment and he very kindly gave us the following table, giving 

 tlie desired information relating to the work bj^ the general gov- 

 ernment. 



