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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



VII. The Efforts to Prevent Illegal Taking of Short Lob- 

 sters. 



Your commission has constantly employed two deputies, and has en- 

 deavored to enforce, as far as possible, the lobster laws. While it is 

 absolutely impossible to detect and punish every offence, there is 

 every reason to believe that great numbers of short lobsters and egg 

 lobsters have been saved through the efforts in this direction. 



From the packages of lobsters sent into the State, 4,577 short lob- 

 sters and 116 egg lobsters have been taken and liberated. The fol- 

 lowing persons have been fined during the year 1904 for illegal lobster 

 fishing : 



Fines Incurred During the Year 1904. 



