﻿OTTER-TBAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  97 
  

  

  This 
  will 
  retain 
  to 
  the 
  otter 
  trawlers 
  sufficient 
  ground 
  on 
  which 
  

   to 
  prosecute 
  their 
  calling, 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  exclude 
  the 
  liners 
  therefrom, 
  

   and 
  it 
  will 
  reserve 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  exclusively 
  the 
  banks 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  

   make 
  over 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  trips. 
  It 
  gives 
  a 
  large 
  measure 
  of 
  

   absolute 
  protection 
  to 
  the 
  important 
  line 
  fisheries 
  of 
  New 
  England, 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  will 
  permit 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  an 
  otter-trawl 
  

   fishery 
  for 
  flounders 
  and 
  other 
  bottom 
  fishes 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  on 
  bottoms 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  not, 
  and 
  probably 
  can 
  not 
  be, 
  taken 
  

   in 
  large 
  quantities 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  means. 
  The 
  flounder 
  fishery 
  of 
  

   Massachusetts 
  being 
  conducted 
  in 
  territorial 
  waters 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  in- 
  

   terfered 
  with. 
  The 
  regulation 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  enforced, 
  because 
  the 
  

   open 
  areas 
  are 
  well 
  known, 
  well 
  defined, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  kept 
  under 
  sur- 
  

   veillance. 
  Moreover, 
  every 
  line 
  fisherman 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  affected 
  will 
  

   be 
  a 
  self-constituted 
  fish 
  warden, 
  prompted 
  by 
  every 
  motive 
  of 
  self- 
  

   interest 
  to 
  bring 
  infractions 
  of 
  the 
  regulation 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  

   proper 
  authorities. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  understood 
  that 
  this 
  recommendation 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  what 
  

   we 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  conditions 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  Next 
  year 
  or 
  10 
  or 
  20 
  

   years 
  hence 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  different, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  necessarj^ 
  to 
  closely 
  

   observe 
  the 
  developments 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  that 
  a 
  situation 
  

   shall 
  not 
  arise 
  such 
  as 
  has 
  arisen 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  requiring 
  correction, 
  but 
  which 
  will 
  present 
  such 
  far- 
  

   reaching 
  and 
  important 
  economic 
  aspects 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  rectification 
  

   difficult 
  or 
  impossible. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  we 
  emphatically 
  state 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  our 
  opinion 
  that 
  this 
  

   regulation 
  will 
  prove 
  futile 
  and 
  an 
  unnecessary 
  imposition 
  on 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  fishermen 
  unless 
  Canada, 
  particularly, 
  and, 
  possibly, 
  Newfound- 
  

   land 
  and 
  France 
  will 
  take 
  such 
  action 
  as 
  will 
  prevent 
  or 
  restrict 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  trawl 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  North 
  Atlantic. 
  

  

  