﻿CVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  (11) 
  That 
  iu 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  all 
  obstructions 
  and 
  polluting 
  agencies 
  

   and 
  the 
  establishment 
  and 
  enforcement 
  of 
  suitable 
  regulations, 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  both 
  salmon 
  and 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  by 
  artiiicial 
  means 
  be 
  attempted 
  

   through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  governments. 
  

  

  PASSAMAQUODDY 
  BAY 
  AND 
  VICINITY. 
  

  

  International 
  fishery 
  interests 
  iu 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  neighborhood 
  are 
  

   concerned 
  chiefly 
  with 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  herring, 
  and 
  as 
  no 
  decrease 
  of 
  that 
  

   species 
  has 
  been 
  proved, 
  beyond 
  the 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  school, 
  which 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  overfishing, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  considered 
  necessaiw 
  to 
  suggest 
  any 
  changes 
  

   in 
  the 
  methods 
  employed, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  recommendations 
  made 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (1) 
  As 
  the 
  present 
  regulation 
  providing 
  for 
  a 
  close 
  season 
  on 
  the 
  principal 
  

   spawning-grounds 
  ort" 
  Grand 
  Manau 
  has 
  undonbtedly 
  been 
  a 
  wise 
  one, 
  and 
  may 
  

   have, 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  aided 
  in 
  maintaining 
  the 
  supi^ly 
  of 
  herring, 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  

   that 
  it 
  be 
  continued 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  similar 
  close 
  season 
  be 
  adopted 
  for 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   herring 
  spawning-grounds 
  off 
  Machias. 
  

  

  (2) 
  It 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  a 
  regulation 
  be 
  adopted 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  herring 
  

   for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  oil 
  or 
  fertilizer. 
  

  

  (3) 
  It 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  minimum 
  size 
  of 
  lobster 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  be 
  

   fixed 
  at 
  lOi 
  inches, 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  lobsters 
  caught, 
  by 
  whatsoever 
  means, 
  under 
  that 
  

   size 
  be 
  returned 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  (4) 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  unlawful 
  to 
  take 
  berried 
  lobsters 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  (5) 
  With 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  protecting 
  the 
  smelt, 
  a 
  close 
  season, 
  extending 
  from 
  March 
  15 
  

   to 
  July 
  1, 
  is 
  recommended, 
  during 
  which 
  close 
  season 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  take 
  

   smelt 
  iu 
  any 
  manner 
  except 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  line. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  MEMPHREMAGOG. 
  

  

  The 
  interests 
  of 
  this 
  lake 
  can 
  undoubtedly 
  best 
  be 
  served 
  by 
  fostering 
  the 
  game 
  

   fishes, 
  and, 
  in 
  our 
  opinion, 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  prohibiting 
  all 
  net 
  

   fishing. 
  The 
  lake 
  has 
  become 
  an 
  angling 
  resort 
  of 
  much 
  importance, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   its 
  attractions 
  in 
  that 
  respect 
  are 
  properly 
  niaintaiuc^d, 
  the 
  local 
  welfare 
  will 
  be 
  

   benefited 
  more 
  materially 
  through 
  the 
  influx 
  of 
  visitors 
  than 
  by 
  the 
  continuance 
  of 
  

   a 
  commercial 
  fishery 
  dependent 
  on 
  so 
  small 
  a 
  basis 
  of 
  8upi)ly 
  as 
  that 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   these 
  waters. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  spears, 
  which 
  are 
  employed 
  on 
  the 
  spawning-grounds, 
  is 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  detrimental 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  stopped. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  further 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  and 
  lake 
  trout 
  be 
  protected 
  by 
  close 
  

   seasons, 
  extending 
  from 
  November 
  1 
  to 
  June 
  15 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  species, 
  .and 
  

   from 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  .January 
  1 
  iu 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  CHAMPLAIN. 
  

  

  (1) 
  That 
  no 
  net 
  fishing 
  other 
  than 
  by 
  seines 
  be 
  permitted 
  in 
  waters 
  adjacent 
  to 
  

   the 
  boundary 
  line 
  or 
  elsewhere 
  iu 
  the 
  lake 
  where 
  international 
  interests 
  would 
  be 
  

   affected 
  thereby. 
  

  

  (2) 
  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  seines 
  be 
  permitted 
  from 
  February 
  1 
  to 
  March 
  31, 
  inclusive, 
  for 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  and 
  other 
  associated 
  species, 
  but 
  under 
  such 
  limita- 
  

   tions 
  as 
  to 
  localities 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  nets 
  employed 
  as 
  shall 
  amply 
  provide 
  against 
  

   the 
  decrease 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  named. 
  Should 
  further 
  inquiry 
  establish 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   this 
  fishery 
  is 
  proving 
  harmful 
  to 
  the 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  by 
  materially 
  reducing 
  the 
  

   supply, 
  its 
  abolishment 
  is 
  recommended. 
  

  

  (3) 
  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  seines 
  be 
  permitted 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  October 
  for 
  the 
  

   capture 
  of 
  whitefish 
  and 
  other 
  associated 
  species 
  under 
  suitable 
  restrictions 
  as 
  to 
  

   localities 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  nets 
  employed. 
  

  

  (4) 
  That 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  any 
  seine 
  shall 
  not 
  exceed 
  40 
  rods; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  mesh 
  of 
  

   the 
  seines 
  shall 
  not 
  measure 
  less 
  than 
  2i 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  bunt 
  and 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  