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The following subjects will no doubt come up : 



Protection For Whitefish. 



■" Should insliore fishing be stopped ? 



^' What distance ? 



" What kind of nets should be permitted ? 



*' Pound nets or gill nets ? 



" What size of mesh ? 



*' Is it necessary to have a close season ? 



" What month ? 



" Would a license system be an advantage ? 



" Should some restriction be made on number of nets for space of water ? 



*' Should a limit be put on size of fish marketed ? 



" What method should be adopted for enforcing laws and regulations ? 



" Can uniform laws and regulations be made by all the States and Canada ?" 



The same as above as applied to 



Lake Trout and Pike. 



Another question that will be brought up for consideration. After the several 

 "States and Canada have enacted good protection laws and regulations and pro- 

 vided efiicient means for their enforcement, then for the several State Fish Com- 

 missions to devote their whole attention, energies, and appropriations to the 

 inland lakes and streams. Leaving the grf^at lakes (being international waters) 

 to the care of the two governments (Canada and United States). By this course 

 would not greater results be arrived at. 



The American Fishing Society at their annual meeting thought so for they 

 passed the following unanimously : 



" Whereas, the object of the American Fisheries Society, is not only to foster 

 the Game Fish of the country, but to do everything in its power to cheapen the 

 cost of fish-food, and 



Whereas, the great lakes, a vast body of water on our northern border, is an 

 international water, lying between us and a foreign country, and 



Whereas, the work of protection and propagation of fish in these waters is 

 being conducted by the several States and Canada, each independent of the other, 

 with slight probabilities of ever arriving at a harmony of action, and 



"Whereas, the Federal Government, with its great scientific, mechanical and 

 financial resources, its power to make agreements, can undertake this work with 

 far greater results ; therefore, be it 



" Resolved, That we respectfully petition and urge on Congress the impor- 

 tance and duty of their assuming this work ; that speedy action be taken to se- 



