60 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



4. Purchase of egg bearing lobsters by the state for propagating purposes, and 

 prohibition of possession for any other purpose. 



5. Encouragement of intelligent efforts to propagate and rear lobsters artifi- 

 cially. 



6. Licensing all lobster fishermen, with provision for recalling license in case 

 of infraction of law. 



7. Forbidding the use of young lobsters for bait. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be respectfully transmitted to the 

 Governors of the States of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Your Commission respectfully requests that the question of uni- 

 formity with the neighboring States be carefully considered. Cer- 

 tain of the proposed laws are already on the statute books of Massa- 

 chusetts and Connecticut. That much harm has already been done 

 by the lack of uniform lobster laws is admitted by all, and your Com- 

 mission is co-operating with the Fisheries Boards of the lobster pro- 

 ducing States with a view of getting the adoption of certain uniform 

 laws. To be of the most value these laws should be based upon correct 

 biological principles, and your Commission wishes to urge that this 

 State shall aim to become the leader in the matter of lobster laws 

 as it is already in lobster culture. 



Two general reforms are sought in the proposed revisions: (1) the 

 conservation of the lobster industry and (2) better methods of 

 enforcing the lobster laws. 



In regard to the first it is desired 



1. To furnish adequate protection to the egg lobster. 



2. To adopt a double "gauge law" — (protecting the adult breeders 

 above a certain size as well as the immature lobsters) . 



3. To slightly change the dates of the close season. 



To enable better enforcement of the lobster laws, it is desired 



1. To penalize interference with the search for illegal lobsters. 



2. To cause all packages in transit containing lobsters to be plainly 

 marked. 



3. To regulate the sale of lobster meat. 



