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  The 
  fyke 
  net 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  extensively 
  used 
  in 
  Maryland 
  

   waters, 
  but 
  the 
  principal 
  objection 
  to 
  its 
  use 
  is^ 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  that 
  character 
  of 
  apparatus 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  constantly 
  

   operated. 
  

  

  The 
  net 
  with 
  its 
  leaders, 
  often 
  occupying 
  the 
  entire 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  streams, 
  prevents 
  the 
  passage 
  up 
  or 
  

   down 
  of 
  any 
  fish 
  too 
  large 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  its 
  meshes. 
  

   This, 
  with 
  the 
  pound 
  net 
  and 
  other 
  stationary 
  apparatus 
  for 
  

   catching 
  fish, 
  should 
  only 
  be 
  permitted 
  under 
  restrictions 
  

   which 
  would 
  cause 
  its 
  being 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  periodi- 
  

   cally 
  during 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  fish. 
  

  

  Those 
  operating 
  the 
  pound 
  nets 
  claim 
  the 
  same 
  advan- 
  

   tages 
  that 
  the 
  gillers 
  do 
  for 
  their 
  method, 
  that 
  they 
  capture 
  

   only 
  tlie 
  marketable 
  fish, 
  as 
  the 
  meshes 
  used 
  are 
  too 
  large 
  

   for 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  fish 
  of 
  marketable 
  size 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  them 
  ; 
  

   but 
  these 
  nets 
  with 
  their 
  leaders 
  being 
  stationary 
  and 
  

   almost 
  all 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  prevent 
  very 
  many 
  fish 
  

   from 
  ascending 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  streams, 
  and 
  very 
  many 
  market- 
  

   able 
  fish 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  taken 
  are 
  thereby 
  turned 
  back 
  and 
  

   prevented 
  from 
  reaching 
  proper 
  localities 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  re- 
  

   produce. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  found, 
  in 
  those 
  rivers 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  

   have 
  been 
  debarred 
  from 
  ascending 
  and 
  reaching 
  proper 
  

   spawning 
  grounds, 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  years 
  they 
  have 
  

   entirely 
  disappeared, 
  even 
  from 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  rivers, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  final 
  disappearance 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  a 
  river 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  

   dependent 
  upon 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  those 
  captured, 
  but 
  also 
  

   upon 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  those 
  escaping 
  to 
  reach 
  their 
  accustomed 
  

   spawning 
  beds. 
  

  

  As 
  much 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  advantages 
  and 
  disadvantages 
  

   of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  methods 
  of 
  capture, 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  most 
  

   practicable 
  and 
  the 
  wisest 
  policy 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  each 
  

   kind 
  of 
  net, 
  but 
  under 
  proper 
  restrictions. 
  

  

  A 
  periodical 
  close 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  

   cessation 
  of 
  their 
  capture 
  at 
  certain 
  times, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  them 
  

   entirely 
  undisturbed 
  on 
  their 
  spawning 
  beds, 
  are 
  necessary 
  

   measures 
  to 
  arrest 
  the 
  alarming 
  decrease 
  iu 
  our 
  fish 
  yield. 
  

  

  