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should be promptly investigated, and when the charge is found to be cor- 

 rect, the penalty should not alone be confined to the cancellation of the 

 license of the offending party, but should be ^supported by a fine suf- 

 ficiently large to impress on the minds of all holders of these licenses the 

 inadvisability of infringing their provisions even in the least degree. 

 Yo'ur Commissioner would, therefore, recommend: 



(1) That a pamphlet be drawn up setting forth the economic value 

 of the sporting fishes to the community, and tliat the same be issued with 

 each domestic license, together with a separate printed extract from the 

 fishing laws and regulations in regard to the capture of sporting fishes, 

 and a clearly worded notice as to the prohibition of trading from the 

 licenses. 



(2) That any infringement of the trading provision be punished 

 unconditionally by the cancellation of the license of the offender, and the 

 imposition of a fine of not less than |50 or more than |100, and that the 

 offender or any member of his family resident with him be ineligible for 

 such a license for a period of five years. 



(3) That the setting of greater lengths of net than provided for by 

 the license be taken as evidence of trading, and that no further proof be 

 necessary for the infliction of the full penalities for trading as above 

 recommended. 



(4) That the penalty for the deliberate netting of sporting fish be 

 |20 for the first offence, |50 for the second, and for the third offence can- 

 cellation of the license together with a fine of |100, and that in this latter 

 case neither the offender, nor any member of his family resident with 

 him, be entitled to a license for a period of five years. 



(5) That no nets under this license be allowed to be placed on or 

 near the spawning beds of any class of fish fit for food during the season 

 when such fish are engaged in spawning. 



(6) That the issuance of domestic licenses be as far as possible 

 restricted to localities in which fish food may be considered a necessity 

 of existence, and that, except in such instances, no domestic license be 

 issued for rivers, or for lakes with a clear water area of less than five 

 miles square. 



(7) That where a local demand for fish is sufficiently large and 

 the extent of water warrants it, a modified commercial license for 100 

 to 500 yards of net be issued for such waters, but that no such license be 

 issued where adequate supervision cannot be exercised, and that no 

 trading in the fish caught under the license be permitted outside of the 

 immediate localitv. 



WINTER FISHING. 



Under the provisions of the proposed international fishery regula- 

 tions netting under the ice in international waters is prohibited, together 

 with the use of spears, grappling hooks or naked hooks, torches, flam- 



