392 Life in the Open 



rockfish (S. pinniger), 10 Ibs. Yellow rockfish (S. miniatus), 8 Ibs. Red rock- 

 fish (S. ruttrrimus), 10 Ibs., 2% feet long. Yellow-tailed rockfish (S. flavidus). 

 Blue-mouth cod (Ophidian elongatus), 40 Ibs. Blue perch (Medialuna californi- 

 fttsis), 5 Ibs. Rock bass (Paralabrax clathratus), 12 Ibs. Spotted Cabrilla 

 (Jonnyverde), 5 Ibs. Opah, 50 Ibs. (rare). Oceanic bonito, (Gymnosarda pelagmis) 

 20 Ibs. 



The Lacey Act, Passed by Congress May 25, 1900 



Prohibits interstate traffic in birds and game killed in violation of State law, 

 regulates the importation of foreign birds and animals, and prohibits absolutely 

 the introduction of certain injurious species ; also makes it unlawful to ship from 

 one State to another game killed or captured in violation of local laws, and which 

 require all packages containing animals or birds to be plainly marked so the name 

 and address of the shipper and the nature of the contents may be ascertained by 

 inspection of the outside of such packages. 



The act also prohibits interstate commerce in game killed in open seasons, if 

 the laws of the State in which such game is killed prohibit such export. In refer- 

 ring to these provisions of the act, the House Committee on Interstate Commerce 

 reported as follows : 



4 ' The killing or carrying of game within the limits of a State is a matter wholly 

 within the jurisdiction of the State, but when the fruits of the violation of State 

 law are carried beyond the State, the nation alone has the power to forbid the 

 transit and to punish those engaged in the traffic. The bill will give the game 

 wardens the very power that they now lack and which will be the most effective 

 for the purpose of breaking up this commerce. ... In some of the States the 

 sale of certain game is forbidden at all seasons without regard to the place where 

 the same was killed. The purpose of these laws is to prevent the sale of game 

 shipped into the State from being used as a cloak for the sale of game killed within 

 the State in violation of the local laws." 



What Is Always Unlawful 



To buy, sell, barter or trade, at any time, any quail, pheasant, grouse, sage hen, 



rail, ibis, doves, plover, snipe, or any deer meat or deer skin. 



To have in possession doe or fawn skins. 



To take or kill, at any time, does, fawns, elk, antelope or mountain sheep. 



To take or kill pheasants, or bob-white quail, or tree squirrels. 



To run deer with dogs during closed season. 



To shoot half hour before sunrise, or half hour after sunset. 



To trap game of any kind without first having procured written authority from 



the Board of Fish Commissioners. 

 To take or destroy nests or eggs of any birds. 



To ship game or fish in concealed packages, or without your name and address. 

 To buy or sell trout less than one pound in weight. 

 To take, at any time, sturgeon, or female crabs. 

 To take abalones less than 1 5 inches in circumference. 



