﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXI 
  

  

  That 
  in 
  all 
  strings 
  the 
  individual 
  pound 
  nets 
  he 
  separated 
  by 
  K'ap« 
  between 
  each 
  

   crib 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  succeeding 
  leader, 
  which 
  gaps 
  shall 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  50 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  

   shall 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  That 
  all 
  pound 
  nets 
  or 
  pound-net 
  strings 
  be 
  separated 
  laterally 
  by 
  interspaces 
  of 
  

   at 
  least 
  1 
  mile. 
  

  

  That 
  no 
  pound 
  nets 
  or 
  strings 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  begin 
  in 
  a 
  less 
  depth 
  

   than 
  10 
  feet 
  or 
  to 
  extend 
  out 
  into 
  a 
  greater 
  depth 
  than 
  40 
  feet. 
  

  

  That 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   pound-net 
  strings 
  be 
  further 
  regulated 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  local 
  conditions, 
  but 
  in 
  

   no 
  case 
  should 
  these 
  nets 
  obstruct 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  any 
  channel 
  or 
  

   passageway. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  be 
  prohibited 
  on 
  any 
  reef 
  or 
  ground 
  on 
  which 
  white- 
  

   fish 
  or 
  herring 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  spawn, 
  or 
  within 
  a 
  reasonable 
  disrance 
  therefrom. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  be 
  prohibited 
  in 
  any 
  locality 
  where 
  young 
  whitefish 
  

   may 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  undue 
  (juantity. 
  

  

  That 
  tlie 
  mesh 
  in 
  all 
  pound 
  nets 
  n:easure 
  in 
  extension 
  at 
  least 
  '21 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  

   crib, 
  after 
  shrinkage. 
  

  

  That 
  all 
  pound-net 
  stakes 
  y)e 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  within 
  thirty 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  i'all 
  lisliing 
  season. 
  

  

  GUI 
  «e/.s. 
  — 
  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  herring, 
  wall-eyed 
  

   pike, 
  blue 
  pike, 
  and 
  saugers 
  should 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  .3^ 
  inches 
  in 
  extension, 
  and 
  the 
  

   employment 
  of 
  any 
  gill 
  net 
  having 
  a 
  smaller 
  mesh 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  large 
  reduction 
  is 
  called 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  fishing 
  with 
  the 
  small-meshed 
  

   gill 
  nets, 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  herring 
  and 
  wall-eyed 
  pike. 
  In 
  case 
  this 
  can 
  not 
  

   satisfactorily 
  be 
  accomplished 
  by 
  reducing 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  netting 
  employed, 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  the 
  same 
  result 
  may 
  be 
  reached 
  by 
  instituting 
  a 
  close 
  season, 
  Avhich 
  should 
  

   preferably 
  occur 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  when 
  the 
  greater 
  waste 
  of 
  fish 
  takes 
  place. 
  

  

  We 
  recommend 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  small-meshed 
  gill 
  nets 
  be 
  entirely 
  prohibited 
  

   ■west 
  of 
  a 
  line 
  connecting 
  Point 
  Pek^e 
  with 
  Vermilion 
  Light 
  1)etweeu 
  July 
  1 
  and 
  

   January 
  1. 
  

  

  In 
  any 
  locality 
  where 
  the 
  small-meshed 
  gill 
  nets 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  take 
  an 
  undue 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  undersized 
  whitefish 
  their 
  use 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited, 
  at 
  least 
  during 
  the 
  

   period 
  when 
  such 
  undersized 
  fish 
  are 
  there 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  used 
  for 
  tiie 
  capture 
  of 
  whitefish 
  should 
  measure 
  at 
  

   least 
  ii 
  inches 
  in 
  extension, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  that 
  a 
  5-inch 
  mesh 
  would 
  be 
  

   preferable. 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  whitefish 
  gill 
  netting 
  now 
  employed 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  excessive, 
  in 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  continued 
  depletion 
  of 
  the 
  whitefish, 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  restricted 
  unless 
  

   the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  can 
  bo 
  better 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  a 
  close 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  sturgeon 
  should 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  

   11 
  inches 
  in 
  extension. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  iis 
  that 
  the 
  gill-net 
  fishery 
  for 
  sturgeon 
  at 
  the 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  

   is 
  being 
  conducted 
  on 
  too 
  large 
  a 
  scale, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  reduction 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  nets 
  employed; 
  but 
  a 
  si)ecial 
  investigation 
  will 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  proper 
  means 
  of 
  regulating 
  this 
  fishery. 
  The 
  hook-and-liiie 
  fishery 
  for 
  the 
  

   sturgeon 
  also 
  needs 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  in 
  the 
  sanui 
  connection. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  gill 
  net 
  within 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  any 
  fixed 
  net, 
  such 
  as 
  a 
  

   pound 
  net 
  or 
  trap 
  net, 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets 
  and 
  trap 
  nets. 
  — 
  The 
  mesh 
  of 
  these 
  nets 
  should 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   regulations 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  pound 
  nets. 
  Their 
  number 
  should 
  be 
  restricted 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  the 
  capacity 
  or 
  requirements 
  of 
  each 
  region 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  fished. 
  

   A 
  great 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  fyke 
  nets 
  is 
  demanded 
  in 
  several 
  jdaces. 
  

  

  Seines. 
  — 
  The 
  dimensions 
  of 
  seines 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  mesh 
  therein 
  should 
  conform 
  in 
  

   each 
  instance 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  employed. 
  The 
  mesh 
  should 
  in 
  

   all 
  cases 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  large 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  escape 
  of 
  undersized 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  seines, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  their 
  use, 
  should 
  be 
  properly 
  restricted 
  in 
  all 
  places. 
  

  

  