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under proper restrictions, yon will save the temptation 

 offered poachers of bringing them in b}' improper methods 

 and getting them to the tables of the people who want them. 

 I believe that it can be regulated here in New York just as 

 it is in Massachusetts, and I think Dr. Field will say that 

 the law works well there ; also I think ]\Tr. Meehan will say 

 that the law is satisfactory in Pennsylvania. 



The commercial raising of fish will increase as the popu- 

 lation increases in this country, just as it has in Europe. 

 Almost all the fresh-water fishes there are raised in artificial 

 ponds entirely under private control. 



It devolves upon the various states to make their regula- 

 tions under the direction of commissioners, which I think 

 will obviate any danger of loopholes. I hope the resolution 

 will be adopted at this meeting. 



Mr. Evans: I have no objection lo the resolution. I 

 spoke more with a view of encouraging discussion on the 

 question to find out if possible whether the commissioners 

 of the states did not realize that in each state the condition 

 must be faced as it existed there; that what would apply 

 and be good policy in New York, would not apply and be 

 good policy, for instance, in Ontario, and possibly in the 

 State of Minnesota. I merely mention Minnesota at ran- 

 dom as an example of some states where the area bears a 

 greater ratio to the population than in Massachusetts or 

 New York. 



Mr. Fenn : I take it that this Society is more or less a 

 protective association. Now why should we open the season 

 so to speak by an official act of this association? Why so 

 far as the seasons are concerned should the producer of 

 trout, the grower of trout, to give him that term, enjoy 

 greater privileges than the man who catches the trout? I 

 think, as Mr. Evans has suggested, this is a matter for the 

 legislatures of the several states and not a matter for this 

 association, which is in its nature and character more or 

 less of a protective association. I do not think a resolution 

 of this kind is at all in the line of protection of our fish. 



