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their fish coininissions and tliose interested in the suh- 

 ject, bring Indiana and Illinois into line, who have little or no 

 interest in it now. Becanse they have no interest in it now, ii 

 would l)e verv easy, to get them to pass such a law, it would 

 soem, and that matter eould be settled right then'. 



Now, again, the mattei- ot the Connecticut river is a])])arentlv 

 a local matter. There is no other state interested, and it i-^ 

 purely Connecticut's Imsiness to do that. Let them stop netting 

 at the m(mth of tlu' river. If they (lon't want shad, that is noi 

 anybody else's business. It is purely a questirm of where there 

 are a number of states interested, and it seems to me that this 

 society can do very little. It is a question that is up to th" 

 board of commissioners of these different states. Perhaps a 

 little effort could be made by this society to get the representa- 

 tives of these fish commissions to attend our meetings. Wo 

 have none from Indiana ; none from Illinois, I believe, at this 

 meeting,, and, of course, these states do not show very much in- 

 terest in it; but Michigan and Wisconsin l)oth have a dee}) anti 

 vital interest, because it is a matter of great importance to them, 

 and those two states together could easily control Lake ALchi- 

 gan. Now, Lake Erie has again Ohio, Pennsylvania, Xew York, 

 and that is all. 



Mr. Clark: About eight states. 



Secretary Peabody : Eight ? 



President : For all the lakes. 



Secretary Peabody: No, not all the lakes — five states. They 

 could get together and handle the matter. I do not slx> how this 

 society can do any better. Resolutions have been passed from 

 time to time. Agitation is valuable, of course, but if there 

 should be a congress of the fish commissions of the states in- 

 terested, they might work (nit a law that would be uniform. 



President: There was a meeting held in Chicago two year< 

 ago by the commissioners of the states bordering on the uppei- 

 lakes, at all events. 



Secretary Peabody : In this connection, I will say that a 

 gentleman in Canada interested in this sul)Ject has been cor- 



