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fish for the past two seasons was as follows : 1883, six tons, 

 and 1884, from the same number of nets, six and one-half tons. 



" Do not know that planting of young fish has been of 

 much benefit to us at this end of the lake, but can see no 

 reason w^hy it should not benefit somebody. Certainl\% every 

 young fish put in makes one more chance for a whitefish, as the 

 eggs would be lost if not taken." 



E. Alvord & Son, of Sandusky, says: "Our receipts of 

 whitefish for the past two seasons were : 1883, from fifty-two 

 pound-nets, twenty-three tons ; 1884, from the same number of 

 nets, thirty and one-half tons. 



" Yes, we think that p.ropagation is a good thing and a great 

 help in adding to the supply of fish in the lake. We think the 

 young fry stand just as good a chance of becoming full-grown 

 fish as those hatched in the lake. 



" But there ought to be a law to stop fishing with gill-nets, 

 for the reason that down below here, in deep water, where they 

 fish through the summer, it is estimated that at least one-third 

 of those caught in hot weather are unfit for market, and 

 are- thrown away, which is an outrage. And then in the fall 

 the gill-nets are set on the spawning reefs, just when and where 

 the fish should be left undisturbed." 



Bear & Ruth, of Sandusky, state that in 1883 their catch of 

 whitefish from nine pound-nets, was seven and a half tons, and 

 in 1884, from eleven pound-nets, ten tons. 



" The planting of young fish is undoubtedly of great benefit 

 to the fishing interests. Were it not for this the stock in the 

 lake would rapidly decrease." 



A. Bremilier, of Sandusky, gives the following figures : Catch 

 of whitefish in forty pound-nets in 1883, sixty-six tons ; in 1884, 

 sixty-nine tons. 



" I think there is positive proof of the benefit of the hatch- 

 eries, from the fact that during late years, say the last two or 

 three, there have been a great many small fish caught — smaller 

 than ever were caught before the planting was commenced in 

 the lake. Another fact to be taken into account is that the facili- 

 ties for catching are becoming greater every year, and if the 



