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fitted, and no one in the least injured. I trust this soci- 
ety will give this subject careful consideration, and that. 
the laws of the several States will soon be changed so as 
to give full justice to fishculturists. 
STATE CONTROL OF STATE 
FISHERIES. 
By Hoyt Post of Michigan. 
At the last meeting of this society, just at the close of 
the session, there was hastily adopted a resolution, 
prefaced by four whereases, upon a subject matter which 
has since attracted considerable attention in certain quar- 
ters. 
This resolution related to petitioning Congress to 
assume the work of protection and propagation of fish 
in the waters of the great lakes, and the whereases 
suggested taking this work out of the hands of the sev- 
eral States which are now conducting it, it is said, ‘‘with 
slight probability of ever arriving at a harmony of 
action,” and placing it in the control of the Federal 
Government, which, it is stated, could, ‘‘with its great 
scientific, mechanical and financial resources, its power 
to make agreements with Canada, and its ability to enact 
and enforce regulations,” “undertake this work with far 
greater results” than have heretofore been attained. 
This resolution was a source of surprise to several of the 
State Commissions, and especially to that of Michigan, 
which took prompt action upon it. 
In October, 1891, a meeting of the Fish Commission- 
ers of New York, Pennsylvania and Ontario, with repre- 
sentatives of the United States Commission, and some 
others especially interested in the subject, was held at 
Fifth Avenue Hotel in the City of New York, the 
object of which was stated to be the “protection, pre- 
