﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CIX 
  

  

  (5) 
  That 
  tlie 
  capture 
  of 
  black 
  bass 
  be 
  entirely 
  prohibited 
  from 
  Xovcmber 
  1 
  of 
  each 
  

   year 
  to 
  June 
  15 
  following; 
  that 
  angling 
  methods 
  only 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  

   and 
  the 
  catch 
  by 
  each 
  angler 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  15 
  fish 
  daily; 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  bass 
  taken 
  in 
  

   nets, 
  and 
  all 
  bass 
  measuring 
  less 
  than 
  10 
  inches 
  long 
  taken 
  by 
  anglers 
  be 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  returned 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  (6) 
  That 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  be 
  prohiljited 
  from 
  April 
  1 
  

   to 
  May 
  31, 
  inclusive, 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  (7) 
  That 
  joint 
  regulations 
  b(>, 
  also 
  adopted 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  any 
  game 
  or 
  other 
  fishes 
  

   not 
  sjiecifically 
  mentioned 
  which 
  may 
  require 
  protection. 
  

  

  RIVER 
  ST. 
  LAWRENCE 
  BETWEEN 
  THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  AND 
  THE 
  

   PROVINCE 
  OF 
  ONTARIO. 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  arrangement 
  approved 
  of 
  by 
  the 
  sporting 
  community 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   entered 
  into 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  under 
  discussion 
  between 
  Canada 
  

   and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  necessary 
  legislation 
  provided 
  for, 
  we 
  consider 
  

   it 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  suggest 
  any 
  other 
  regulations 
  than 
  those 
  already 
  agreed 
  to. 
  We 
  are, 
  

   however, 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  commercial 
  fishing, 
  made 
  with 
  fyke 
  

   nets, 
  fished 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months 
  in 
  creeks 
  or 
  marshy 
  places 
  for 
  such 
  species 
  

   as 
  bullheads, 
  perch, 
  suckers, 
  sunfish, 
  etc., 
  could 
  do 
  no 
  harm. 
  If 
  such 
  nets 
  were 
  

   allowed 
  they 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  set 
  before 
  November 
  1, 
  and 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  

   the 
  water 
  by 
  March 
  31. 
  Fished 
  during 
  such 
  a 
  season, 
  in 
  suitable 
  localities, 
  there 
  

   could 
  be 
  no 
  risk 
  of 
  their 
  taking 
  l)ass, 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  or 
  maskinong<5. 
  A 
  set-line 
  

   fishery 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  such 
  fish 
  as 
  sturgeon, 
  eels, 
  ling, 
  and 
  channel 
  cat, 
  

   as 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  fishes 
  would 
  certainly 
  be 
  of 
  benefit 
  to 
  sporting 
  

   interests. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  arrangement 
  made 
  between 
  Canada 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  was 
  

   enacted 
  : 
  

  

  (1) 
  That 
  no 
  conmiercial 
  fishing 
  be 
  permitted 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  

   between 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Kingston, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Prescott, 
  

   in 
  Ontario, 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Ogdensburg, 
  in 
  New 
  Y''ork. 
  

  

  (2) 
  That 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  above 
  included 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  for 
  bass, 
  maskinong^;, 
  

   wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  and 
  grass 
  pike 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  1st 
  day 
  of 
  January 
  to 
  the 
  9th 
  day 
  of 
  

   June, 
  inclusive, 
  in 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  (3) 
  That 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bass 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  each 
  rod 
  per 
  diem 
  be 
  fixed 
  

   at 
  twelve, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  rods 
  to 
  each 
  boat 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  two. 
  

  

  (4) 
  That 
  all 
  undersized 
  and 
  immature 
  fish 
  l»e 
  returned 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  tliat 
  

   no 
  bass 
  under 
  10 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  be 
  taken. 
  

  

  While 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  as 
  enacted 
  above 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  

   fully 
  covers 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  bass, 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Thousand 
  

   Islands 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  July, 
  at 
  least, 
  yet 
  when 
  taken 
  in 
  

   conjunction 
  with 
  a 
  size 
  limit, 
  a 
  limit 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  taken 
  by 
  each 
  rod 
  per 
  diem, 
  and 
  

   a 
  further 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  rods 
  jier 
  boat, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  allowed 
  that 
  th(! 
  protection 
  

   is 
  ample 
  for 
  the 
  ])resent. 
  

  

  We 
  would 
  recommend 
  a 
  continuance 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  arrangement 
  and 
  would 
  further 
  

   suggest 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  extended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  from 
  the 
  

   lower 
  limit 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  between 
  the 
  cities 
  of 
  Ogdensburg 
  and 
  Prescott, 
  to 
  

   the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  river 
  ceases 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  countries, 
  at 
  

   the 
  crossing 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  45*^ 
  north 
  latitude. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  ONTARIO. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  both 
  whitefish 
  .and 
  lake 
  trout 
  has 
  

   become 
  exhausted 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  any 
  regulations 
  looking 
  to 
  the 
  protection 
  and 
  

   increase 
  of 
  those 
  species, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  efl^"ective, 
  should 
  be 
  decidedly 
  stringent. 
  

  

  