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Dr. MacCallum : Some boys recently pulled up 300 yards of gill net which 

 was stretched across the mouth of the Grand river, yet the matter was not looked 

 into, though the net really closed up the whole stream. 



Mr. Amsden : Was that net licensed ? 



Dr. MacCallum : Yes, but not to be put there. We had before us recently the 

 president of the Long Point Shooting Company, and he assured us that he could 

 show us drawn up on the sands, festering in the sun, not less than two or three tons 

 of black bass eggs which had been drawn up by nets on the beach. Yet these 

 seines were licensed. Just think of that in a civilized country ! Allow me to 

 draw your attention to the fact that this resolution was simply a suggestion that 

 this subject should be brought before this conference for consideration. There- 

 fore, any resolution with reference to that before this meeting would be in order, 

 I think. 



The Chairman : Certainly, please write your resolution. 



Dr. MacCallum put his resolution in writingf, and it was moved by Mr. 

 Whitaker, seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Whitaker : I have now reduced my amendment to this resolution to 

 writing, and I would suggest that these words be added to the I'esolution : 



" Resolved, That the United States Commissioner be required to urge upon 

 Congress the necessity of granting an appropriation to permit the detail of a 

 force of competent and skilled persons, to ascertain and mark in detail upon 

 suitable charts for public use and distribution, the location of the spawning beds 

 of the whitefish, salmon trout and other commercial fish in the great lakes,, 

 whereon the fry of these fish artificially propagated may be placed where the fish 

 naturally cast their ova." 



I move this resolution seconded by Mr. Smith. 



The resolution was adopted. ■ 



►Secretary Stewart : The next is a resolution by Mr. Post, which reads a.s 

 follows : 



" Resolved, That this body regards with disfavour any movement looking 

 towards the turning over to the United States government the work of the state 

 commissions in propagating and planting commercial fish in the great lakes. 



" That the jurisdiction over the lake fisheries belongs naturally to the 

 adjoining states, whose interest in their success is paramount to that of the 

 United States as a whole, and, 



" That there is an abundant field for the concurrent action of the bordering 

 states, and of the general government, and anything that would detract from the 

 state's interest in this matter will be detrimental to the end aimed at of re- 

 stocking the waters of the ^I'eat lakes. 



" And we recommend a course which will encourage and stimulate greater 

 interest and larger expenditures in this great work by the several bordering 

 states, and at the same time, increased interest in the subject by the United 

 States Fish Commission." 



Mr. Whitaker : Mr. Chairman, I would move the adoption of this resolu- 

 tion, and in so doing I would like to state that it was with some embarrassment 

 that our Commission decided to send a representative to your meetings. The 

 embarrassment arose from the fact that the original resolution on which you met 

 seemed to indicate that it was a matter that more nearly concerned the Province 

 of Ontario and the State of New York. We came to the conclusion, however^ 



