56 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



In addition to the above cases seven persons were arrested for 

 hauling pots without license. These cases are now pending before the 

 Supreme Court. Your Commission sincerely hopes that the license 

 law will be upheld by the court, because they realize that in it they 

 have a powerful instrument for the enforcement of the lobster laws. 

 Fishermen are much more careful to act in accordance with the law 

 when they know that in breaking the same, instead of escaping with 

 a mere fine, they may have their license revoked and be kept from 

 fishing. 



THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE EGG LOBSTER LAW. 



In the following tables are found the data relative to the enforce- 

 ment of the egg lobster law, passed at the January session, 1910. 

 A discussion of the bearing of this law upon the lobster industry will 

 be found later on in this chapter, in the section entitled "Protecting 

 the Egg Lobster." 



COST OF THE EGG LOBSTERS. 



Amount expended for "Ripe" lobsters $393 47* 



Amount expended for "Green" lobsters 2,775 05 



Total $3,170 52 



*This item does not adequately represent the entire amount of "Ripe " egg lobsters because 

 previous to June 1st, 1910, many of the egg lobsters, after their eggs had hatched, were re- 

 turned to the dealers in exchange for those still bearing eggs. After June 1st the Commission 

 decided that it was for the best interests of the industry to return these female lobsters to the 

 water. 



