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  Except 
  with 
  some 
  fishes 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  frequent 
  our 
  waters!,' 
  

   they 
  are 
  rarely 
  resorted 
  to 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  for 
  supplying 
  fish 
  for 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  market 
  or 
  for 
  export. 
  

  

  Fish 
  baskets 
  or 
  weirs, 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  previous 
  reports, 
  

   are 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  meeting 
  a 
  home 
  demand 
  and 
  furnishing 
  a 
  

   local 
  supply, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  injury 
  they 
  do 
  to 
  the 
  streams 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  operated, 
  and 
  their 
  capacity 
  for 
  destruction 
  

   is 
  so 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  good 
  produced, 
  their 
  

   use 
  should 
  be 
  prohibited 
  by 
  law. 
  

  

  The 
  haul 
  seine 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  ancient 
  and 
  extensive- 
  

   ly 
  resorted 
  to 
  method 
  for 
  capturing 
  fish, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   a 
  comfort 
  for 
  home, 
  but 
  for 
  supplying 
  the 
  general 
  market. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  haul 
  

   seines 
  and 
  their 
  necessary 
  equipments, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   yearly 
  yield 
  of 
  healthy 
  food 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  seine 
  fisheries 
  

   .of 
  our 
  State. 
  

  

  As 
  there 
  arc 
  large 
  interests 
  involved, 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  immense 
  

   food 
  sujjply 
  is 
  furnished 
  for 
  home 
  consumption 
  and 
  export, 
  

   by 
  the 
  haul 
  seine, 
  the 
  advantages 
  and 
  disadvantages 
  of 
  this 
  

   method 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  weighed, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  avoid 
  any 
  

   unjust 
  discrimination 
  against, 
  or 
  undue 
  license 
  to 
  its 
  em- 
  

   ployment. 
  

  

  The 
  haul 
  seine, 
  the 
  gill 
  net, 
  stationary 
  or 
  floating, 
  

   and 
  the 
  pound 
  net, 
  are 
  each 
  operated 
  by 
  separate, 
  distinct 
  

   and 
  antagonistic 
  interests. 
  Each 
  class 
  has 
  much 
  to 
  say 
  in 
  

   favor 
  of 
  its 
  special 
  mode 
  of 
  capture, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  deal 
  

   against 
  that 
  of 
  every 
  other. 
  

  

  Those 
  operating 
  the 
  haul 
  seine, 
  while 
  acknowledging 
  that 
  

   they 
  capture 
  every 
  thing 
  within 
  their 
  " 
  lay 
  out," 
  and 
  that 
  

   all 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  destroyed 
  that 
  are 
  brought 
  to 
  shore, 
  yet 
  

   argue, 
  and 
  with 
  effect, 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  operated 
  periodi- 
  

   cally, 
  and 
  that 
  tlio 
  fish 
  are 
  undisturbed 
  for 
  several 
  hours 
  

   during 
  the 
  day, 
  and 
  an 
  opportunity 
  oftered 
  for 
  many 
  to 
  

   reach 
  their 
  spawning 
  beds. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  seines 
  and 
  the 
  greatest 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  are 
  

   •employed 
  during 
  the 
  spring, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  Shad 
  

  

  