■^14 'I'liii tij-sixUi Aitnudl Mceliiifj 



I'caclicd ;i s'zf capaljlc of rcproducino- its sjx'cic? fan Ix' c-au,u-ht. 

 and thai ncls and niaclnncry for catcliinii- lisli ai'c reu'ulatcM] upon 

 Ihat principle, also thai in the niark<'ts no lish hcncath such rc-ii- 

 hilcd size would he allowed hv law to he sold : if all that is done. 

 ! Ili'inly heiieve that it will withdraw a .i^-ood many of the reasons 

 which ai-e tendinn- in the diivct'on of a possihie prohihilion of the 

 expoi't of the food fish. And llierefore. on those .<;Tounds alone. I 

 ask your earnest cooperation. I ask your efforts especially in 

 The di]'(>etion of oetting u]) snch an international conforenee. 

 There are ])olitical reasons why such a sug'g'estion can hardly 

 proceed from the ])rovince of Ontario; hnt if such a suggestion 

 should he received from the great sovereign States, ' bordering 

 upon the Great l.akes, I heiieve that it would he heartily met 

 ])y the authorities both at Ottawa and Ontario. 



In s])eaking in this way, recollect, gentlemen, that 1 am 

 simply the working head of this association, because 1 think so 

 many of yon are connected with bureaus of different kinds, that 

 you might possibly imagine T was connecti'd with some bureau 

 in my own country. I have no connection whatever with the 

 government, nor do I receive, nor does my association receive, 

 any support from the government. In fact, in many ways we are 

 nmking it a little bit embarrassing and unpleasant for the gov- 

 ernment, in the direction of trying to make them carry out the 

 laws they have ]nit on their statute hooks. 



In closing. I will simply quote fi-om the reiwrt of Mr. 

 Tinsley on pages eight and nine of the liKHi issue of the re])ort 

 i)\' the depailment of iishei'ies of the pro\ince of Ontario, to 

 show you that the I'emai'ks which 1 \\;\\v made, as it were as an 

 independent pei'son, an ahsolute fi'ce lance, having no strings 

 u])on me. ai'e hoi'ue out hy an ollicial occupying the i»osition of 

 a dejiuty be;ul of the d<'pai-tnienf of fislu'i'ies of the ])rovince of 

 Ontario. 



He says : 



"The Great Lakes Fislieries." 



•'During the past yeai' little has heeii done in the matbu- of 

 harmonizing the lisbcry laws and I'egulations applicable to in- 

 ternational watei-s. .\ltIiougli ibis inipoi-tanl maftei' has to some 

 extent been in abevance dui'ing limi;. ii has not been lost sight 



