REPORT OK STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 69 



Amend Section 626r/ by reducing tlio bug limit on ducks and doves 

 from fifty to twenty-five during any one calendar day. 



Amend Section 626/ by reducing the open season for the taking and 

 killing of male deer to two months, from August 1st to October 1st. 



Amend Section 626// by making it a misdemeanor to kill a tree 

 squirrel at any time. 



Amend Section 626i by reducing the number of male deer that can 

 be lawfully killed in one season from three to two. 



Amend Section 626/ so as to prohibit the use of hounds at any time 

 to run, track, or trail any deer. 



Amend Section 626^- by adding thereto " any dove, rail, or any snipe." 



Amend Section 626m by adding thereto "or animals." 



Amend Section 631 by prohibiting the use of any poisonous sub- 

 stances, to take, kill or destroy either the birds " or animals" mentioned. 



Amend Section 631a by making the minimum penalty for violation 

 of Section 626^, $50 instead of $25. 



We would recommend the following amendments to the fish laws: 

 Amend Section 628, relating to black bass, by extending the open 

 season, making it lawful to catch and have black bass in possession 

 from May 15th to December 1st. We would also recommend that the 

 season for the taking of spiny lobster or crawfish be closed for two 

 years. 



Amend Section 632 by increasing the weight limit on trout that can be 

 lawfully sold, from one half pound to one pound; by extending the close 

 season from April 1st to May 1st; by placing a bag limit of fifty as 

 the number of trout that can be lawfully taken during one calendar 

 day; by making it an offense to have in possession any trout less than 

 five inches in length, and by prohibiting the taking of steelhead with 

 nets or seines at any time. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



To you officially and personally we desire to express our sincere 

 appreciation of the confidence you have shown in us, and the encour- 

 aging interest you have taken in our work. All our requests and recom- 

 mendations have met with courteous recognition and approval, for 

 which we thank you. 



The Commission acknowledges its gratitude to the following railway 

 and transportation companies for the free transportation of all our 

 employes, apparatus, eggs, and fish. Without their assistance our 

 efforts would have been restricted to very narrow limits, and could not 

 have been given for the benefit of the whole State: Southern Pacific 

 Company, Santa Fe System, Sierra Railway Compan}^, California 



