﻿LOBSTER 
  AND 
  CLAM 
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  2. 
  The 
  special 
  commission 
  lias 
  developed 
  a 
  plan 
  of 
  clam 
  culture 
  

   which 
  is 
  very 
  simple 
  and 
  effective, 
  the 
  pecuniary- 
  results 
  being 
  extraor- 
  

   dinarily 
  large. 
  

  

  3. 
  Immense 
  quantities 
  of 
  small, 
  unmarketable 
  clams 
  are 
  now 
  lost 
  

   each 
  year, 
  which, 
  if 
  utilized 
  for 
  planting 
  purposes, 
  on 
  either 
  barren 
  or 
  

   productive 
  grounds, 
  will 
  increase 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  given 
  sections 
  man}^ 
  

   fold. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  measures 
  which 
  the 
  special 
  conmiission 
  advocates 
  for 
  the 
  

   betterment 
  of 
  the 
  lobster 
  and 
  clam 
  industries 
  are 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  more 
  extensive 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  lobster; 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  eggs 
  on 
  lobsters 
  taken 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  

   instead 
  of 
  onh' 
  during 
  a 
  few 
  months; 
  and 
  the 
  rearing, 
  to 
  the 
  lobster- 
  

   ling 
  stage, 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  more 
  effective 
  enforcement 
  of 
  -the 
  existing 
  lobster 
  laws, 
  and 
  

   the 
  enactment 
  of 
  additional 
  legislation 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  desirable 
  for 
  

   the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  lobster, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  prohibition 
  of 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  all 
  

   female 
  lobsters 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  proscription 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   traps 
  which 
  will 
  retain 
  the 
  undersized 
  lobsters 
  that 
  may 
  enter. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  dissemination 
  among 
  the 
  lobster 
  fishermen 
  of 
  authentic 
  

   printed 
  information 
  showing 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  protecting 
  the 
  lobster 
  

   and 
  the 
  injury 
  that 
  results 
  to 
  themselves 
  from 
  their 
  failure 
  to 
  give 
  

   cordial 
  support 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  officials 
  in 
  enforcing 
  restrictive 
  laws. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  general 
  adoption 
  of 
  clam 
  planting 
  on 
  barren 
  and 
  depleted 
  

   grounds. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  enactment 
  of 
  such 
  legislation 
  as 
  will 
  place 
  clam 
  culture 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  substantial 
  basis 
  as 
  oyster 
  culture. 
  

  

  