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(8) That steps be taken to have the export of whitefish and lake 

 trout prohibited for a term of at least five years by Dominion regula- 

 tion, and that meanwhile the further export of these fishes be prevented 

 by the endorsation of the licenses issued to fishermen and fish buyers 

 with a provision to that effect. 



(9) That the commercial net fisherman, as one condition of his 

 license, shall be required to furnish monthly to the Department of Game 

 and Fisheries, on a form provided by the Department for the purpose, 

 a sworn return, showing the classes of fish and the weight of each 

 variety caught, the number of shipments or sales made and the w^eight 

 of same, and the names of the parties to whom the fish was shipped or 

 sold, and that the signature of the local fishery overseer be required to be 

 affixed to the return in sworn testimony of its accuracy. 



(10) That fish buyers or wholesale fish merchants be put under 

 license of |50 and retail fish merchants of |10 throughout the Province, 

 and that, if necessary, these licenses be endorsed with the prohibition of 

 export of whitefish and lake trout. 



(11) That as a condition of license to the fish buyers and wholesale 

 fish merchants they be required to render monthly to the Department of 

 Game and Fisheries, on a form provided by that Department for the pur- 

 pose, a sworn return of all purchases made and shipments of fish re- 

 ceived, showing in each case the classes of fish, the weights of each 

 variety, and the name of the consignor or vendor, together with a similar 

 return of all bulk exports and Canadian shipments and a summary of 

 local sales. 



(12) That steps be taken to at once initiate a system of Provincial 

 fish hatcheries, on a system which shall provide ultimately for a suf- 

 ficiency of hatcheries to meet the needs of the Province in this direc- 

 tion. 



(13) That the services of a duly qualified icthyologist be secured to 

 report as to the suitability of sites for Provincial fish hatcheries, to 

 superintend the construction of same and the installation of the neces- 

 sary plants, and subsequently to exercise general supervision over the 

 scientific work of the hatcheries and organize and develop a department 

 of scientific research and statistical investigation. 



(14) That a close study be made throughout the area of the com- 

 mercial fisheries as to the usual dates of spawning of various fishes in 

 the different areas, 



(15) That the licenses of the commercial net fishermen in each 

 locality be endorsed with dates which will render them invalid during 

 the spawning of the more valuable fishes in that locality. 



(16) That such areas as are only invaded by the more valuable com- 

 mercial fishes during the spawning season or during other short periods 

 in the summer months be closed altogether to commercial fishing for a 

 term of at least five years. 



(17) That such areas as are inhabited for the most part only by the 



