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laws passed by the State of Washington affecting the Columbia 

 River since 1915, and if this decision stands in the higher courts of 

 both States all laws passed by either legislature since 1915, affecting 

 the Columbia River fisheries, will fail unless they happen to be the 

 same in both States. 



WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



The conditions which prevail in Puget Sound adjacent to the 

 boundary between Washington and British Columbia have also been 

 the cause of serious anxietv to those interested in the perpetuation 

 of the salmon fisheries. The great schools of sockeye salmon which 

 are on their way from the ocean to the spawning beds in the Fraser 

 River pass through this section, and it is here that the greater part of 

 the fishing is done. The Province of British Columbia and the State 

 of Washington are vitally interested in the preservation of these 

 fish, but, unfortunately, they seem unable to agree upon any definite 

 policy with regard to their conservation, although it would appear 

 to the unprejudiced observer that it ought to be possible to iind some 

 common ground upon which they could agree. 



This conditi(jn of alfaii-s on Puget Sound and similar conditions in 

 other boundary waters led the General Government to take uj) the 

 matter, and on April 11, 19()S, a convention was conclutled between 

 this country and Great Britain for the protection and preservation 

 o the food fishes in international boundary waters of the United 

 States and Canada. Both Governments appointed international 

 commissioner — Dr. David Starr Jordan for tiie I'nited States and 

 S. T. Baste<lo (who was succeeded later by Prof. Edward Ernest 

 Prince'i for Canada — whose duty it was to investigate conditions pre- 

 vailing in these waters and to recommend a system of uniform and 

 common international regulations. After an exhaustive investiga- 

 tion the commissioners suhmitted recommendations, which included 

 the following adecting the boundary waters dividing the State of 

 Washington and the Province of British Columhia, these waters 

 being defined as the Strait of .luan de Fuca, and those parts of Wash- 

 ington Sound, the (iulf of Georgia, and Puget vSound lying between 

 the parallels of 48° 10' and 49^ 20': 



GENKRAI. ItEOULATIONa. 



S. Disposition of prohibited catch. — In rase any fish ia unintentionally raptured 

 contrarj' to the prohil)ition3 or restrictions contained in any of the folio\vin<? re<;^la- 

 tions, such fish shall, if possible, be immediately returned alive and uninjiirud to the 

 water. 



-i. Dynamite, poisonous substances, etc. — No person shall place or use quicklime, 

 d\ namite, explosive, or poisonous substances, or electric device in treaty waters for 

 the purpo.se of capturing or killing fish. 



.5. Pollution of waters. — No per.-ion shall place or pass, or allow tp pass, into treaty 

 waters any substance offensive to fishers, injurious to fish life, or dcsfructive to fisn 

 fry or to the food of fish fry, unless permitted so to do under any law i)assed by the 

 legislative authority having jurisdiction. 



No person shall deposit flead fish, fish offal, or gurry in treaty waters, or on ice formed 

 therooii, e.XM'pt in gurry grounds established by the'duly constituted authorities. 



6'. Ciijiliiri oljiihes for jirn/jfir/dliou or for scienlijlc purpoacs. — Nothing contained in 

 these regulatif)ns shall j)rohibit or interfere with the taking of any fishes at any time 

 for projagation or hatchery purposes, and obtaining at any time or by any method 

 spe( imens of fishes for scientific purposes under authority granted for ( anadian treaty 

 waters by the duly rorxtitut 1 authoritie-i in (ami la and lor L'nited States treaty 

 waters by the duly constituted authorities in the United JStatea. 



