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resident in the locality apportioned to them but brought from other districts, should 

 be appointed in five important areas for ilay and June in each year, viz. :— 



(1) Annapolis river. 



(2) Shubenacadie and Stewiacke rivers. 



(3) Petitcodiac river (above Salisbury bridge). 



(4) Kennebecasis river and Hammond river. 



(5) Washademoak and Grand lakes and St. John river, New Brunswick. 



The officers on the Kennebecasis river and Washademoak lake should be provided 

 with gasoline launches or they cannot carry out an effective patrol. Minor fishery 

 officers whose duties will be less urgent and exacting should be appointed to patrol 

 in the fall each year the following rivers: — 



(1) Gaspereau river. 



(2) Salmon river. 



(3) Great Village river. 



The fishery overseers and guardians hitherto authorized have not effectively pro- 

 tected the shad, gaspereau and salmon, and it is desired that they be required to more 

 actively enforce the law, and with the aid of the additional special patrol officers now 

 recommended the restoration of the valuable fish named will be more rapidly accom- 

 plished. 



(13) — New Hatcheries and extended Shad-hatching. 



With the protection of the spawning fish a larger supply of eggs, esi)ecially of the 

 shad, will be ensured for hatchery purposes, and we strongly recommend that shad- 

 hatching at the Windsor Hatchery, Nova Scotia, be extended and that shad eggs be 

 be hatched at the Bedford Hatchery for stocking the Shubenacadie river, while a 

 floating hatchery would be appropriate for the St. John river and might be located 

 at Jemseg and moved to other points season by season. A cheap scow could be hired 

 or purchased at St. John and a house at a small cost erected thereon, and if located 

 close by the spawning grounds of the shad, abundant supplies of eggs could be relied 

 on, and the fry planted in the immediate locality. An admirable site for a shad hat- 

 chery exists near Middleton and a cheap building could be erected there for stocking the 

 Nictau and Annapolis waters. There are several creeks at the head of St. Mary's 

 bay formerly resorted to by shad and these could be stocked from the above suggested 

 hatcheries. 



(14) — Regulations on Linen to he Prominently Displayed. 



It is desirable that the regulations for the shad, salmon, &c., be printed on strong 

 linen cloth, and jwsted in conspicuous places along the banks of the watere here re- 

 ported on, also at post offices, &c? We find that the fishermen are not familiar with 

 the regulations, and violations occur very frequently in ignorance of the law. 



(15) — Meaning of Foul and Unclean Fish. 



The existing uncertainty as to the exact meaning of 'foul and unclean' salmon 

 is a source of difficulty. We recommend that more explicit terms should be used and 

 that shad should be included in such a prohibition as section 13 of the Fisheries Act, 

 chapter 45. 



