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Mr. Avery: We made no computation to start with, except in a very- 

 general way. Our experience has shown that we can sell these fish at prices 

 of one-half to two-thirds of the ordinary selling prices for the same varieties 

 and pay operating expenses and provide equipment in some cases. We 

 employ men experienced in fishing— fishermen, settlers and Indians living 

 near the lakes. They furnish their own equipment and we pay them by 

 the pound. 



Secretary Titcomb: Did the sportsmen raise any objections? We have 

 found it difficult to convince them that nets will not drain the lake of fish. 



Mr. Avery: There was none when they understood what we were doing. 

 We have not fished where there are any bass, and the only protected fish in 

 the waters concerned were the white perch or wall-eyed pike, but they 

 are of inferior quality and no one cares to fish for them. The only protests 

 came from the wholesale fish dealers, but they have finally subsided and 

 these men are now handling our fish. 



Mr. W. E. Barber, of Wisconsin: The State of Wisconsin took up the 

 matter of distributing rough fish generally throughout the state a year ago 

 last May. The commercial fishermen operating in inland waters work under 

 a state contract and they received for these rough fish four and a half cents 

 a pound. The State Food Administration sent out circulars notifying the 

 cities that the fish could only be secured by order from the State Conserva- 

 tion Commission. The various cities established markets and were allowed 

 to charge five cents per pound. No butcher shop or other institution than 

 the city was permitted to handle the fish and it worked out very success- 

 fully. Thirty or forty towns and cities took advantage of the opportunity 

 and the people were very eager to buy fish. In no instance did it take over 

 a couple of hours to dispose of the stock and some cities ordered as high as 

 ten thousand pounds at a time. 



Mr. John P. Woods, of Missouri: May I express my appreciation of the 

 efforts that have been made towards starting a modern "eat fish" cam- 

 paign. In my state we have no such opportunities. One feature appeals to 

 me and that is the prospect of dissipating the idea that fish should not be 

 available except on Friday. I had the honor of presenting a paper at the 

 New Orleans meeting opposing the prevailing custom of eating fish only on 

 Fridays and I am glad to welcome this innovation. 



Territorial Waters and a Suggested Extension of the Three-Mile 



Limit. 



BY DR. E. E. PRINCE, 



Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. 



This paper, together with the discussion, will appear in a later 

 number of the Transactions. 



The session adjourned. 



