﻿from 
  undue 
  destruction 
  by 
  them, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  review 
  

   the 
  means 
  employed 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  — 
  

  

  1st. 
  Angling, 
  or 
  the 
  capture 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  hook 
  and 
  line. 
  

  

  2d. 
  Spearing, 
  either 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   found 
  in 
  shallow 
  water, 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  torch 
  liglits 
  along 
  

   the 
  shore 
  at 
  night. 
  

  

  3d. 
  Fish 
  baskets 
  or 
  fish 
  weirs. 
  

  

  4th. 
  Haul 
  seines. 
  

  

  oth. 
  Gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  Cth. 
  Fyke 
  nets. 
  

  

  7th. 
  Pound 
  nets, 
  

  

  8th 
  Purse 
  seines. 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  any 
  material 
  injury 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  these 
  metliodLS, 
  as 
  in 
  angling, 
  fish 
  are 
  taken 
  while 
  in 
  

   pursuit 
  of 
  food, 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  is 
  limited 
  to 
  certain 
  times 
  of 
  the 
  

   day 
  or 
  periods 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  even 
  if 
  an 
  unlimited 
  number 
  were 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  capturing 
  fish 
  Avith 
  the 
  lino, 
  tliere 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   that 
  steady 
  drain 
  that 
  results 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  methods 
  ; 
  but 
  

   for 
  the 
  better 
  protection 
  of 
  fish, 
  especially 
  those 
  inhabiting 
  

   the 
  upper 
  waters 
  beyond 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  tide, 
  the 
  breeding 
  

   season 
  of 
  each 
  variety 
  should 
  be 
  set 
  aside, 
  during 
  which 
  they 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  captured 
  even 
  by 
  angling. 
  

  

  Not 
  only 
  does 
  their 
  preservation 
  and 
  increa.se 
  neces-sitate 
  

   this 
  protection, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  spawning 
  fish 
  is 
  unwhole- 
  

   some 
  and 
  unfit 
  for 
  fo.^d, 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  health 
  also 
  

   demands 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  sanitary 
  measure. 
  

  

  The 
  2d 
  method_, 
  spearing, 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  any 
  very 
  great 
  extent 
  

   resorted 
  to 
  within 
  our 
  State, 
  but, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  efticient 
  when 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  on 
  their 
  spawning 
  beds, 
  and 
  moi-e 
  vigilant 
  in 
  

   guarding 
  their 
  nests 
  than 
  in 
  priividing 
  for 
  their 
  safety, 
  and 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  resorted 
  to 
  chiefly 
  at 
  night, 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  prob- 
  

   ability 
  of 
  well 
  legulating 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  spear, 
  under 
  the 
  

   supervision 
  of 
  the 
  law, 
  tin's 
  method 
  siiould 
  b.' 
  prohibited 
  

   altogether. 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  methods 
  of 
  capture, 
  are, 
  however, 
  simply 
  re- 
  

   sorted 
  to 
  for 
  supplying 
  a 
  liomeconsumptio-i 
  and 
  local 
  demand. 
  

  

  