REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. /• 



LAWS RECOMMENDED. 



The following recommendations of our predecessors in office, contained 

 in their last report, are renewed: "The close season for salmon should be 

 enlarged. It is now between the thirtieth day of August and the first day 

 of October. It should be from the first day of August to the first dayof 

 October. The Commission earnestly recommends legislative remedial 

 action to prevent the destruction of fish by seals and sea lions." We fur- 

 ther recommend, for the reasons stated in another portion of this report, 

 that the License Act be amended so as to declare the penalty for its viola- 

 tion. We also recommend that a law be passed providing for the confisca- 

 tion and destruction of all unlawful nets or seines taken with persons 

 arrested for illegal fishing. The possession of fish out of season, or fish of 

 under size, should be made a misdemeanor. Some legislation should be 

 had regarding the taking of immature fish, and defining "immature fish," 

 at least so far as it concerns salmon, shad, sturgeon, and trout. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JOSEPH ROUTIER, President. 

 J. DOWNEY HARVEY, Secretary. 



October 1, 1888. 



