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regarding size limits of the common whitefish, to wit, a minimum size 

 limit of two pounds in the round, and urge that in the formulation 

 of regulations regarding the protection of this species, this standard 

 method of weight only shall be used. 



Mr. C. H. Wilson, of New York: I want to speak 

 regarding New York State. Ninety-five per cent of the 

 fish we use in New York State comes from states bor- 

 dering on the Great Lakes and Canada. Up to seven 

 years ago we did not have a protective law regarding 

 whitefish in the Great Lakes. In enacting legislation in 

 harmony with the treaty the two-pounds-in-the-round 

 law was passed, but without being operative owing to the 

 non-action of the State Commissioner. The two-pound 

 law was thrown out and the 12-inch law passed in its 

 stead. We traveled under this 12-inch whitefish law for 

 one year, when the Chairman of the Conservation Com- 

 mission of New York State appeared before the Senate 

 Committee and stated to them that we had been a dump- 

 ing ground of immature and illegally taken whitefish all 

 over the State. In Manitoba there were several carload^ 

 of immature whitefish ready when New York passed the 

 12-inch law. These were shipped in and I bought white- 

 fish eight and nine inches long, taken out of Manitoba 

 lakes in 1910-11, that, when thawed out, fell apart. 



I have been in this fight on the whitefish question for 

 seven years and I ask you to give us your endorsement 

 of this two-pound limit. There is another resolution 

 dealing with the whitefish and if we may have it read 

 I will not ask for more time now. 



President: The Committee on Resolutions informs 

 me that these two resolutions can be considered together. 

 Is the Society prepared to hear the second resolution? 



Prof. Reighard: The second resolution provides for 

 the appointment of a committee to determine the length 

 and weight of all whitefish; the idea being that it is 

 easier to measure fish than to weigh them, and if the 

 length of the two-pound fish is known, it will be easier 

 to enforce the law. 



VI. BE IT RESOLVED: That the president of this Society shall 

 appoint a committee of five, composed of members from Canada and 



