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'• This paper of Dr. Bean's especially interests me 

 as it refers to this matter of protection, which seems to 

 be the paramount question, not the one of propagating 

 fish but of protecting them after they are grown, which 

 is the next question, and I have come 1,200 miles to get 

 information and enlightenment on that subject, and I 

 would like to hear the matter discussed thoroughly, and 

 ask a few questions What has been the experience of 

 the gentlemen present in the different States ? What 

 methods have been the most successful in creating pub- 

 lic sentiment for the protection of fish, and along that 

 line, game ? One gentleman made a remark that struck 

 me forcibly about making friends of the fishermen," 



" I would like to ask whether it has ever occurred 

 to the people whether we do not make too many 

 laws and have them too stringent, and whether we do 

 not make laws in the interest of the sportsmen and do 

 not look to the interests of the people who live upon 

 the streams and lakes. We should endeavor to have 

 legislation for the people in general. Our laws are not 

 quite enough in the interests of the people, farmers 

 and persons living along the streams for instance." 



" Our law regarding black bass and pike makes a 

 close season from April ist to June ist, preventing the 

 catching of black bass during April and May. It is the 

 net fisherman who is the pirate, and who breaks the law. 

 I am beofinninof to think that we have too close a season. 

 Is it not possible to allow the catching of fish with hook 

 and line, and would it not be just as well to have an 

 open season if caught in this way, all the year? It 

 would be well in our State, but whether it would work 

 well in your section, I do not know." 



" I would like to ask whether there have been good 

 results from propagating black bass, and financially has 

 there been any success. We have not had any success 

 in our State." 



