﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXIII 
  

  

  LAKE 
  HURON. 
  

  

  Pound 
  nets. 
  — 
  A 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  probably 
  also 
  in 
  Saginaw 
  Bay, 
  is 
  called 
  for. 
  

  

  The 
  recommendations 
  made 
  under 
  pound 
  nets 
  in 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  leaders, 
  the 
  separation 
  of 
  individual 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  string 
  l)y 
  gaps, 
  and 
  their 
  

   distance 
  apart 
  are 
  considered 
  to 
  bo 
  applicable 
  also 
  to 
  Lake 
  Huron. 
  It 
  is 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  that 
  in 
  Saginaw 
  Bay 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  6 
  pound 
  nets 
  be 
  allowed 
  in 
  a 
  string, 
  and 
  

   elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  3. 
  

  

  North 
  of 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  North 
  Point, 
  Michigan, 
  to 
  Clark 
  Point, 
  Ontario, 
  the 
  

   mesh 
  in 
  the 
  cribs 
  of 
  all 
  poiind 
  nets 
  should 
  measure 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  exten- 
  

   sion 
  after 
  shrinkage, 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  said 
  lino 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  2i 
  inches. 
  This 
  would 
  

   provide 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  large 
  mesh 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  where 
  the 
  white- 
  

   tish 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  species 
  aiul 
  where 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  being 
  captured 
  in 
  undue 
  

   quantities, 
  and 
  would 
  permit 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  herring 
  and 
  other 
  snuill 
  species 
  in 
  those 
  

   localities 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  mainly 
  fished 
  for. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  case 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   mesh 
  is 
  also 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  now 
  emi)loyed, 
  and 
  would 
  perhaps 
  serve 
  to 
  liberate 
  

   a 
  certain 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  undersized 
  wall-ej'od 
  pike, 
  which 
  ai"e 
  at 
  present 
  a 
  

   conspicuous 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  catcli. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  during 
  November 
  should 
  l)0 
  prohi1)ited 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  

   above 
  defined, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  close 
  season 
  for 
  whitefish. 
  

  

  All 
  pound-net 
  stiikes 
  should 
  bo 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  wit! 
  i 
  in 
  thirty 
  days 
  after 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  season. 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets. 
  — 
  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  all 
  gill 
  nets 
  should 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  extension, 
  

   except 
  that 
  nets 
  of 
  2|-iuch 
  mesh 
  might 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  be 
  fished 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   shore 
  between 
  Salde 
  River 
  and 
  Capo 
  Hurd, 
  from 
  October 
  15 
  to 
  November 
  1, 
  for 
  the 
  

   capture 
  of 
  herring, 
  Avhich, 
  at 
  that 
  season, 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  associated 
  with 
  young 
  

   whitefish 
  in 
  that 
  localitJ^ 
  

  

  During 
  November 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  expedient 
  to 
  prohibit 
  fishing 
  l>y 
  any 
  gill 
  net 
  having 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  mesh 
  than 
  6 
  inches, 
  which 
  would 
  serve 
  in 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  whitefish. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  gill 
  net 
  within 
  one-fourth 
  mile 
  of 
  any 
  fixed 
  

   net 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  gill 
  nets 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  sturgeon 
  

   sliould 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  11 
  inches 
  in 
  extension. 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets. 
  — 
  The 
  mesh 
  in 
  the 
  bag 
  of 
  fyk<! 
  uets 
  should 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  2^ 
  inches 
  in 
  

   extension. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  nets 
  should 
  be 
  restricted 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   capacity 
  or 
  requirements 
  of 
  each 
  region 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  employed. 
  

  

  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 
  sufliciently 
  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 
  iu 
  

   all 
  places. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited 
  to 
  fish 
  seines 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  spawning-grounds 
  

   of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  fishes, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  place 
  where 
  their 
  employment 
  would 
  be 
  

   unduly 
  harmful. 
  

  

  Xakfd 
  hooks 
  for 
  sturgeon. 
  — 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  taking 
  sturgeon 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  naked 
  

   hooks 
  or 
  grapnels 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  Spears. 
  — 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  spears 
  for 
  taking 
  fish 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  Sturgeon. 
  — 
  All 
  sturgeon 
  measuring 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  feet 
  long, 
  by 
  whatever 
  means 
  taken, 
  

   should 
  be 
  returned 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Pollutions. 
  — 
  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 
  

   should 
  be 
  prohibited. 
  Steps 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  prevent 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  waste 
  

   from 
  sawmills 
  and 
  from 
  manufacturing 
  establishments 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  both 
  along 
  the 
  

   shores 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  tributaries 
  containing 
  spawning-grourds 
  of 
  important 
  fishes. 
  It 
  

   is 
  recommended 
  that 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  all 
  harbor 
  huprovements 
  and 
  other 
  work 
  of 
  

   that 
  character, 
  due 
  precaution 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  disclosing 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   dredging, 
  etc., 
  to 
  jirevent 
  injury 
  to 
  any 
  fishing-grouuds. 
  

  

  F. 
  R. 
  97 
  VIII 
  

  

  