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The alewife fishery in Bass River has great possibilities, 

 and its natural facilities are such as to enable it to exist in 

 spite of poorly enforced regulations. The only way this 

 fishery may be developed is by preventing overfishing through 

 the enforcement of correct restrictions, and by allowing a 

 larger number of alewives to reach the spawning grounds. 



Long Pond and Parker River. 



Long Pond, near South Yarmouth Village, is connected with 

 Swan Pond by an unobstructed artificial canal about half a 

 mile long. The outlet from Swan Pond is Parker River, 

 which empties into Nantucket Sound. 



About 50 to 100 barrels are obtained annually with seines 

 in Swan Pond. The fishery was established by legislative 

 act as a private enterprise by the Long Pond Fishing Company 

 of Yarmouth, in 1842. Any inhabitant of the town had the 

 privilege of becoming a member of the corporation. Since 

 the fishery is private, it cannot be developed for the benefit 

 of the public. 



Centreville River and Nine Mile Pond. 



Centreville River in the town of Barnstable is a Y-shaped 

 tidal stream, one arm extending toward Osterville, the other 

 toward Centreville. An artificial brook 1 mile long and 2 to 

 3 feet wide runs from Nine Mile or Great Pond to Centreville 

 River by way of Long Pond. Dams at Long Pond and at 

 Nine Mile Pond regulate the flow of water. Nine Mile Pond, 

 a shallow body of water not over 15 feet deep, is largely 

 dependent upon rainfall and surface drainage for its water 

 supply. The drawing of water from the pond has caused 

 considerable dissatisfaction among the cottagers, who naturally 

 are in favor of discontinuing the fishery, which is controlled by 

 a company incorporated in 1860. The stream formerly yielded 

 200 to 300 barrels per year, and between 1908 to 1910 an 

 average of 150 barrels, but since 1910 it has been irregularly 

 operated. 



Nine Mile Pond is capable of maintaining a fair fishery. 

 It is a private enterprise, and its future welfare rests entirely 

 in the hands of its owners. 



