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by the shad fishermen in gill nets, and were, therefore, too 

 badly injured to be returned to the water, as the law requires- 

 The fisherman who took the fish at Yonkers did not know 

 what it was, and on cutting it open found that it was red 

 inside, and threw it away as uneatable. The stocking of 

 the river, begun by Professor Baird, is being continued by 

 Colonel McDonald, and about 440,000 will be planted this 

 spring from the Cold Spring Harbor Hatchery. Over half 

 of the fry have already been planted in the trout streams of 

 Warren county, and the end of this week will find them all in 

 the tributaries of the upper river. The experiment seems to 

 be proving successful in spite of the doubters." 



The Troy Times of May 26th, said : '• This morning W, E. 

 Hagan, of the F'ish and Game Protective Association, re- 

 ported to District Attorney Griffith that a salmon had been 

 caught at the State dam in a net. The catch of salmon in this 

 way is a violation of chapter 530, laws of 1887. The penalty 

 is ;^ioo fine or 30 days imprisonment, at the option of the 

 magistrate. A fine of $25 is also to be imposed on any per- 

 son having in his possession a salmon caught in a net. The 

 salmon was in the possession of McGrath & Laflam, fish 

 dealers at the Fulton Market, Troy. They said they pur- 

 chased the fish from William Askins, who caught it. The 

 fish had been sold to a citizen, but when the latter was told 

 that it would be a violation of law to receive it, he declined to 

 accept the salmon. District Attorney Griffith sent officer 

 Forrest after Askins, who said he did not know that he had 

 violated any law. He was admonished to refrain from fishing 

 for salmon with a net hereafter, and as this was the first case 

 reported, it is not probable that Askins will be prosecuted. 

 The same law prohibits fishing in the Hudson River on Sun- 

 day, and the agents of the Fish and Game Protective Asso- 

 ciation called on Superintendent Willard and requested that 

 the law be enforced within the city limits. The Superinten- 

 dent said he would direct the police to enforce the law. The 

 salmon caught at the dam weighs twenty pounds." 



