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The latter regulation would not be complete without a similar penalty for 

 possessing or selling immature fish, such as whitefish under two pounds or of 

 black bass under one pound. 



At present there is no doubt that large quantities of our game fish are netted 

 or secured by other illegal means and shipped to the States. This is true of the 

 inagnificent Nepigon trout on the north shore of Lake Superior. It is asserted 

 also with regard to bass which are caught by poachers in fyke-nets,'and shipped 

 covered over by less valuable fish. 



It would not be a difiicult task for the Commission to devise means^to check 

 such shipments. The outlay for adequate inspection to enforce the carrying out 

 of the rules adopted would no doubt be considerable, but would speedily ^be repaid 

 by the increase of the value of the Fisheries. 



