﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CVII 
  

  

  (4) 
  That 
  it 
  be 
  prohibited 
  to 
  throw 
  orto 
  allow 
  to 
  pass 
  iutothe 
  water 
  auy 
  garbage, 
  

   lime, 
  waste 
  from 
  gas 
  works, 
  or 
  other 
  deleterious 
  substances 
  from 
  manufacturing 
  or 
  

   other 
  establishments. 
  

  

  (5) 
  That 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  tidal 
  waters, 
  and 
  be 
  so 
  restricted 
  therein 
  

   as 
  to 
  insure 
  an 
  ample 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  other 
  anadromous 
  fishes 
  to 
  their 
  respective 
  

   spawning-grounds. 
  

  

  (6) 
  That 
  uniform 
  regulations 
  be 
  adopted 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  salmou, 
  tront, 
  

   and 
  other 
  useful 
  fishes 
  throughout 
  the 
  fresh 
  wiiters 
  of 
  the 
  system. 
  

  

  (7) 
  In 
  case 
  the 
  measures 
  above 
  suggested 
  are 
  carried 
  out, 
  it 
  is 
  recomuiendod 
  that 
  

   joint 
  action 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  sujiply 
  of 
  salmon 
  by 
  artificial 
  propagation. 
  

  

  (8) 
  It 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  all 
  natiiral 
  obstructions 
  which 
  impede 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  

   salmon 
  to 
  important 
  waters 
  adapted 
  to 
  their 
  spawning, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  fall 
  near 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Aroostook 
  River, 
  be 
  examined 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  improving 
  the 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  ST. 
  CROIX 
  RIVER 
  SYSTEM. 
  

  

  (1) 
  That 
  the 
  disposal, 
  through 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  sawmill 
  

   refuse 
  be 
  prohibited 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  river 
  system. 
  Sawdust 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  kind 
  

   of 
  such 
  refuse 
  now 
  understood 
  to 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  this 
  manner, 
  and 
  its 
  retention 
  on 
  

   land 
  can 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  at 
  comparatively 
  slight 
  expense, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  in 
  other 
  places. 
  

  

  (2) 
  That 
  all 
  extraneous 
  material 
  encumbering 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  tidal 
  

   water 
  between 
  the 
  Calais-St. 
  Stephen 
  Bridge 
  and 
  The 
  Ledge, 
  and 
  resulting 
  from 
  

   the 
  deposition 
  of 
  sawmill 
  refuse, 
  be 
  removed. 
  This 
  measure 
  is 
  requested 
  in 
  the 
  

   interest 
  especially 
  of 
  navigation, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  fisheries 
  would 
  also 
  

   be 
  benefited 
  thereby. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  consider, 
  liowever, 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  step 
  would 
  be 
  

   justifiable 
  while 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  allowing 
  said 
  refuse 
  to 
  escape 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  still 
  

   continues. 
  It 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  advantage 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  if 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  sawmill 
  

   refuse 
  occurring 
  between 
  Union 
  Dam 
  and 
  Fourth 
  Dam, 
  above 
  tidal 
  waters, 
  could 
  be 
  

   removed 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  providing 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  wider 
  and 
  more 
  direct 
  channel 
  for 
  the 
  

   passage 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  (3) 
  That 
  the 
  sewage 
  from 
  the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  Cotton 
  Mill 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  

   as 
  to 
  prevent 
  any 
  harmful 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  salmon 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  during 
  their 
  

   ascent 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  

  

  (4) 
  That 
  the 
  tanneries 
  be 
  prohibited 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  streams 
  adjacent 
  to 
  them 
  for 
  

   the 
  disposal 
  of 
  tan 
  bark, 
  tan 
  liquor, 
  fleshiugs, 
  hair, 
  or 
  other 
  refuse 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   deleterious 
  to 
  fishes. 
  All 
  liquids 
  from 
  the 
  washings 
  of 
  the 
  hides 
  containing 
  any 
  

   harmful 
  ingredients 
  should 
  be 
  purified 
  before 
  being 
  allowed 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  stream. 
  

  

  (5) 
  That 
  all 
  fish 
  ways 
  and 
  passageways 
  through 
  the 
  several 
  dams 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  good 
  

   rejiair 
  and 
  be 
  modilied 
  where 
  necessary 
  to 
  insure 
  their 
  greater 
  efficiency, 
  and 
  that 
  

   subsequently 
  they 
  be 
  maintained 
  in 
  proper 
  condition 
  and 
  their 
  approaches 
  kept 
  

   clear 
  of 
  drii>. 
  materials. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  all 
  new 
  dams 
  should 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  

   Government 
  authority, 
  and 
  should 
  conform 
  to 
  such 
  requirements 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  as 
  the 
  

   circumstance 
  may 
  warrant. 
  

  

  (6) 
  That 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  all 
  log-driving 
  dams 
  provision 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  keep 
  one 
  or 
  

   more 
  of 
  the 
  gates 
  open 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  when 
  their 
  use 
  is 
  not 
  actually 
  required 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  the 
  driving 
  of 
  logs. 
  

  

  (7) 
  That 
  in 
  those 
  streams 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  salmon 
  resort 
  for 
  spawning 
  purposes 
  all 
  

   sources 
  of 
  pollution 
  be 
  restrained 
  and 
  all 
  obstructions 
  and 
  existing 
  impurities 
  be 
  

   removed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  (8) 
  That 
  net 
  fishing 
  be 
  prohibited 
  throughout 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  system. 
  

  

  (9) 
  That 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  their 
  spawning-grounds 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  approaches 
  to 
  fishways, 
  or 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  except 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  be 
  

   prohibited. 
  

  

  (10) 
  That 
  appropriate 
  and 
  uniform 
  regulations 
  be 
  established 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  all 
  

   classes 
  of 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  system, 
  the 
  same 
  having 
  reference 
  to 
  

   methods 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  fishing, 
  close 
  seasons, 
  etc. 
  

  

  