VI CONTENTS. 



Page. 



List of Watch Hill Traps 41 



Other Traps 41 



Season of 1910 off Newport 45 



Notes on Spring and Summer Fishing off Newport, 1905-1909... . 48 



Calendar of Scup Season 1905-1910 53 



Calendar of Mackerel Season, 1905-1910 53 



Appearance of Tinker Mackerel, 1905-1910 54 



Catch of Squiteague in Scup Traps, 1905-1910 54 



First Appearance of Various Marketable Fish in Traps off New- 

 port, 1905-1910 54 



Chapter III. Enforcement of State Laws 55 



A. For the Protection of our Fresh-Water Fisheries 55 



B. Lobster Law 55 



List of Prosecutions 55 



Egg Lobster Law 56 



Cost of Egg Lobsters 56 



Purchase of Green Egg Lobsters 57 



Mortality of Green Egg Lobsters 57 



Disposal of Green Egg Lobsters 57 



Liberation of Green Lobsters 57 



C. Changes Recommended in the Fisheries Laws 58 



I. Lobster Laws 58 



General Considerations 58 



Resolutions sent to the Governors 59 



1. Changes for the Conservation of the Lobster Industry 61 



a. Protecting the Egg Lobster 61 



b. Protecting the Adult Breeders 63 



c. Protecting the Immature Lobsters 64 



d. Double-Gauge Law 65 



e. Close Season 67" 



2. Changes to Enable Better Enforcement of the Lobster Law. . . 68 



f . Interference with search 68 



g. Marking Packages in Transit 68 



h. Regulation of the sale of Lobster Meat 68 



i. Use of Lobsters for Bait 69 



j . Permits to buoy Pots 69 



k. Enuring of Fines 69 



II. Laws Relating to the General Fisheries 69 



( Obtaining Statistics 69 



Black Bass 70 



