﻿XLVII 
  

  

  In 
  older 
  to 
  insure 
  the 
  active 
  (•o-(»)>ei'atioii 
  of 
  tlie 
  i^'ill 
  

   net 
  iisliei-nien, 
  tlie 
  V 
  . 
  S. 
  (Vminiissione]- 
  lias 
  foi- 
  several 
  

   years 
  genei'oiisly 
  ])aid 
  to 
  tlie 
  gillers 
  fifty 
  cents 
  for 
  each 
  

   ripe 
  female 
  sliad 
  delivered 
  ininiediately 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  

   fi'oni 
  the 
  net. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  invai'iably 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  

   lishei-nien. 
  aftei- 
  the 
  eggs 
  had 
  ])een 
  taken, 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  

   operation 
  caused 
  no 
  perceptible 
  injury 
  to 
  tlie 
  fish, 
  the 
  

   preniiuiii 
  was 
  a 
  strong 
  in<'entive 
  to 
  the 
  co-operation 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisliernien. 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  considerable 
  pi'oiit 
  to 
  

   them. 
  

  

  The 
  Maryland 
  Fish 
  Ooiuiiiissioii 
  has 
  never 
  consented 
  

   to 
  pay 
  any 
  thing 
  for 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  taking 
  spawn 
  from 
  

   ^captured 
  lish, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  considered 
  it 
  but 
  just 
  that 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  should 
  co-opei-ate 
  in 
  a 
  work 
  intended 
  for 
  their 
  

   futuie 
  l>ene]it. 
  The 
  V. 
  S. 
  (Commissioner, 
  however, 
  has 
  

   made 
  this 
  cfmtribiition 
  t(» 
  the 
  fishermen 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   that 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  produced 
  from 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   subject 
  to 
  be 
  shipped 
  to 
  other 
  watei's 
  : 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  forces 
  

   employed 
  l)y 
  the 
  two 
  (commissions 
  were 
  operated 
  as 
  

   one 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  conducted 
  jointly, 
  the 
  T. 
  S. 
  (Com- 
  

   missioner 
  has 
  ])aid 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  s])a\vn 
  obtained 
  from 
  fish 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  gill-nets. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  woi-l\ 
  increased 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  yeaj* 
  this 
  i)remium 
  

   for 
  the 
  I'ipe 
  shad 
  be<-ame 
  a 
  consideral)le 
  tax 
  on 
  the 
  I'. 
  S. 
  

   (.Commissioner, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  determined 
  that 
  the 
  amount 
  

   paid 
  should 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  for 
  each 
  

   s])awning 
  shad, 
  and 
  due 
  notice 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  gillers 
  

   during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1870 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  reducticm 
  would 
  be 
  

   made 
  the 
  following 
  season. 
  Even 
  this 
  reduced 
  premium 
  

   was 
  a 
  very 
  liberal 
  compensation 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  trouble 
  the 
  

   gillers 
  were 
  put 
  to. 
  1 
  was. 
  therefore, 
  botli 
  surpj-isedand 
  

   mortified 
  when, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  the 
  fisliermen 
  

   refused 
  to 
  allow 
  not 
  only 
  those 
  employed 
  b.y 
  the 
  I'. 
  S. 
  

   Commission, 
  but 
  those 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  ISfaryland 
  Stat«^ 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  as 
  well, 
  to 
  take 
  eggs 
  from 
  their 
  fish. 
  

  

  This 
  c(mduct 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  might 
  have 
  

   <'ansed 
  a 
  verv 
  decided 
  diminuti(Ui 
  in 
  the 
  numl>er 
  of 
  tish 
  

  

  