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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  With 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  for 
  them 
  aud 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  important 
  lishes 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake 
  we 
  recommend 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  (1) 
  That 
  a 
  close 
  season 
  be 
  adopted 
  for 
  both 
  the 
  whitetish 
  and 
  lake 
  trout 
  from 
  the 
  

   15th 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  Slat 
  day 
  of 
  Uecember, 
  between 
  which 
  dates 
  they 
  shall 
  

   not 
  be 
  fished 
  for 
  or 
  taken 
  in 
  any 
  manner. 
  

  

  (2) 
  That 
  in 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Quinte 
  the 
  close 
  season 
  for 
  whitefish 
  extend 
  from 
  the 
  1st 
  

   day 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  31st 
  day 
  of 
  December, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  herring 
  gill 
  nets 
  in 
  

   that 
  bay 
  be 
  prohibited 
  during 
  November. 
  

  

  (3) 
  That 
  the 
  minimum 
  size 
  of 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  fished 
  for 
  whitefish 
  and 
  trout 
  

   be 
  fixed 
  at 
  5 
  inches, 
  in 
  the 
  lierring 
  ,i,nll 
  nets 
  at 
  2f 
  inches, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sturgeon 
  gill 
  

   nets 
  at 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  (4) 
  That 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  gill 
  nets 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  each 
  fishery 
  be 
  restricted 
  

   within 
  proper 
  limitations. 
  

  

  (.5) 
  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  baited 
  set 
  lines 
  for 
  sturgeon 
  be 
  permitted, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  capture 
  

   of 
  that 
  species 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  naked 
  hooks 
  or 
  grapplings 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  (6) 
  That 
  all 
  sturgeon 
  measuring 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  feet 
  long, 
  taken 
  by 
  any 
  means, 
  be 
  

   returned 
  aliA'c 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  (7) 
  That 
  a 
  close 
  season 
  be 
  adopted 
  for 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  from 
  May 
  1 
  to 
  June 
  15; 
  that 
  

   all 
  black 
  bass 
  measuring 
  less 
  than 
  10 
  inches 
  long, 
  by 
  whatever 
  means 
  taken, 
  be 
  

   returned 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  water; 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bass 
  taken 
  by 
  each 
  rod 
  per 
  diem 
  be 
  

   limited 
  to 
  20, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  rods 
  to 
  each 
  boat 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  2. 
  

  

  (8) 
  That 
  it 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  fish 
  fyke 
  nets 
  and 
  trap 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  inshore 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  the 
  coarser 
  fishes 
  between 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  the 
  30tli 
  

   of 
  April, 
  within 
  proper 
  limitations 
  as 
  to 
  number 
  and 
  under 
  such 
  restrictions 
  as 
  shall 
  

   prevent 
  their 
  being 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  spawning-grounds 
  of 
  whitefish, 
  trout, 
  or 
  herring, 
  or 
  in 
  

   such 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  the 
  spawning 
  movements 
  of 
  those 
  species. 
  

  

  (9) 
  That 
  the 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  bag 
  of 
  all 
  trap 
  nets 
  and 
  fyke 
  nets 
  measure 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   2^ 
  inches 
  in 
  extension 
  when 
  in 
  use. 
  

  

  (10) 
  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  seines 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  spawning-grounds 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  fishes 
  during 
  their 
  spawning 
  season 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  (11) 
  That 
  the 
  joint 
  efi^orts 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  whitefish 
  and 
  lake 
  trout 
  by 
  

   artificial 
  means 
  be 
  continued, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  that 
  work 
  be 
  increased 
  to 
  the 
  

   fullest 
  extent 
  possible. 
  It 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  be 
  not 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  but 
  be 
  extended 
  to 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  

   spawning 
  areas 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  (12) 
  That 
  the 
  throwing 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  fish 
  offal, 
  including 
  dead 
  fish 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  nets, 
  of 
  city 
  garbage, 
  and 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  substances 
  deleterious 
  to 
  fish 
  life 
  be 
  

   prohibited. 
  That 
  steps 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  prevent 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  waste 
  from 
  sawmills, 
  

   gas 
  works, 
  oil 
  refineries, 
  etc., 
  especially 
  in 
  tributary 
  streams 
  containing 
  spawning- 
  

   grounds 
  of 
  important 
  fishes. 
  

  

  LAKE 
  ERIE. 
  

  

  Pound 
  nets. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  imperative 
  that 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  pound-net 
  fishery, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  be 
  very 
  materially 
  reduced, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  positions 
  

   and 
  distances 
  apart 
  of 
  these 
  nets 
  be 
  so 
  regulated 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  ample 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  

   free 
  circulation 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  important 
  fishes. 
  Although 
  further 
  observations 
  will 
  

   be 
  necessary 
  before 
  the 
  limitations 
  of 
  so 
  comprehensive 
  a 
  measure 
  can 
  be 
  pvopei'ly 
  

   adjusted 
  or 
  its 
  details 
  perfected, 
  we 
  venture 
  to 
  offer 
  the 
  following 
  suggestions 
  

   respecting 
  it: 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  1,000. 
  The 
  reduc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  apply 
  mainly 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  waters 
  from 
  

   Vermilion 
  westward. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  nets 
  set 
  in 
  a 
  string 
  be 
  restricted 
  to 
  6 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   shore 
  and 
  to 
  3 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  shore. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  pound-net 
  leaders 
  bo 
  restricted 
  to 
  50 
  rods. 
  

  

  