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the “spearing,’’ or anchovy. Professor Bairp informs me 
that on the coast of Maine the young of the alewife (Pomolobus 
pseudoharengus) can be caught by the ton, but if Whitebait are 
not cooked on the same day on which they are caught they are 
valueless. 
Mr. Hatvock : I think that Whitebait are two-year-old her- 
ring. The herring spawns near shore in the seaweed. 
Mr. Brackrorp: Too many young fish are destroyed when 
they should be protected. I would advocate prohibiting the 
catching of all fish under a certain size, as small bass, etc., 
and even, it were thought necessary, I would include Whitebait. 
A question was put here by a member as to the method of 
capturing striped bass (Roccus lineatus) on the Hudson, in win- 
ter, and whether it was not hurtful to the fishing interests of the 
State. 
Mr. Brackrorp: A net, the twine of which is as fine as 
sewing-thread, is set in a canal, or trench, cut in the ice. The 
large fish seem dormant. Though many fish are caught, their 
number does not diminish. What we all are opposed to, is the 
catching of striped bass two and three inches long. The Fish 
Mongers’ Association is in favor of such a prohibition, and a 
penalty for catching such fish. 
Mr. JAMES ANNIN, JR., then read a paper on Trout in Hard 
mater : 
I have no doubt that this subject has been well understood 
by many of you for some time, but I trust you will have pa- 
tience with me while detailing some of my own personal ex- 
periences in the matter. 
At the last annual meeting of this Association I asked for 
information as to eggs of brook-trout, taken from hard and 
soft water: “If those taken from the fish inhabiting soft waters 
would bear transportation as well as those taken from the fish 
of hard waters ?”’ 
By the Report, it would appear I was not properly under- 
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