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ing States and of the general government, and anything which would detract 

 from the State's interest in this matter will be detrimental to the end aimed at 

 of restocking the waters of the Great Lakes. 



" And we recommend a course which will encourage and stimulate greater 

 interest and larger expenditures in this great work by the several bordering 

 States, and at the same time increased interest in the subject by the United 

 States Fish Commission/' 



7. " Resolved, Further, that this body earnestly approves of the action of 

 congress in making an appropriation for the establishment of a hatching station 

 on or near the St. Lawrence River for the propagation of whitefish and other 

 commercial fish ; and of the purpose of the United States Fish Commissioner to 

 to carry out the provisions of that appropriation ; and we see nothing in this 

 movement that can in any degree interfere with the jurisdiction of the States in 

 the premises, or to affect in any way unfavourably the work of the States in 

 the protection, multiplication and distribution of valuable food fishes." 



8. " Resolved, That if a practical agreement can be had in regard to the pro- 

 visions of laws for the regulation of the fisheries of the international waters, it is 

 nevertheless not practicable by reason of the differences in territorial extent and 

 mode of legislative procedure, to settle upon precise statutory provisions in 

 relation thereto which shall apply to all ; and therefore it is recommended that 

 each Dominion, Province and State representation make such recommendation 

 touching its particular jurisdiction as shall apply to the case ; leaving it to each 

 representative to frame the matter into law according to the forms and circum- 

 stances for the action of the proper legislative body." 



9. " Resolved, That we recommend to the Fish Commissioners of Canada the 

 adoption of the following resolution for the St. Lawrence River, viz. : That we 

 ask of the Canadian Fish Commissioners a prohibitory law that will prohibit the 

 use of all kinds of nets in the Canadian waters of the St; Lawrence River the 

 same as the New York State Codification Bill now recommends ; we also ask of 

 them to include the same time for their close season on the St. Lawrence River 

 for all kinds of game fish that the above named Codification Bill recommends." 



10. " Resolved, That the representatives from the States represented at this 

 meeting respectfully recommend and urge upon the representatives in Congress 

 of those states the necessity of an additional appropriation to be made early in 

 the present session of Congress, to enable the United States Fish Commissioner 

 to construct immediately proper buildings with necessary appurtenance and 

 -equipment for propagating and hatching fish to stock Lake Ontario and the St. 

 Lawrence River with the whitefish, salmon trout and other fish of the best varie- 

 ties of food fish." 



11. " Whereas, Owing to the keen and active interest shown in the restock- 

 ing of Lake Ontario with the valuable commercial fish with which it once teemed 

 by many prominent citizens of the State of New York, therefore be it 



" Resolved, That we urge upon the Legislature of the State of New York 

 that an appropriate sum of money be appropriated at its coming session for the 

 installation and maintenance of a hatchery which shall furnish an adequate quan- 

 tity of fry of the commercial fish." 



12. " Resolved, That this Conference shall now adjourn to meet on the first 

 Tuesday in October, 1892, in the city of Detroit." 



