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MAINE forbids taking or possession of trout less than five inches long. 
MICHIGAN forbids taking or possession of trout or grayling less than six 
inches long. 
New HaAmpsuire forbids taking or possession of trout less than five inches 
New Jersey forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches, bass 
seven inches long. 
New York forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches, bass 
three-quarters of a pound. 
PENNSYLVANIA forbids taking or possession of bass less than six inches, trout 
five inches, pickerel six inches. 
VERMONT forbids taking or possession of bass less than ten inches, trout six 
inches long. 
WIsconsIN forbids taking or possession of bass or pickerel less than 1 lb 
(not to be sold). 
Wyominc forbids taking or possession of trout less than six inches. 
New Brunswick forbids taking or possession of bass less than 2 Ib. » 
TRANSPORTATION of brook trout from forest preserves not permitted in 
New York. 
No Capture of trout for sale permitted in Michigan or Oregon. 
THE PLANTING of pike, pickerel, bass or other predaceous, fish in waters 
not previously containing such fish is forbidden in New York, Maine, Minnesota’ 
New Hampshire and some other States. 
COMMISSIONERS, WARDENS, PROTECTORS AND OTHER OFFICIALS 
CHARGED SPECIALLY WITH ADMINISTRATION OR ENFORCE- 
MENT OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OR MULTIPLICATION 
OF GAME AND FISH. 
Thirty-six States of the Union have Fish Commissions, whose main purpose 
is to propagate fish artificially and restock public waters. The cost of the ser- 
vices is borne by the State treasuries, and this appropriation of money appears to 
be universally popular. These Commissions commonly maintain hatcheries 
from which fry or young fish are distributed at the public expense. The zreat 
success attending fish-propagation is known to the Ontario Commission generally, 
and need not be particularly illustrated in the present memorandum. One 
point, however, may be particularly noted, viz: that the free distribution of 
trout fry, as in Michigan and New York, appears a main cause of the popularity 
of the Commissions, from which popularity the State grant comes rezularly and 
increases from year to year. The Michigan Commission, whose service is admir- 
able in all respects, has restocked many depleted waters, and caused trout to 
abound in hundreds of streams and over vast areas where no trout were ever 
- found before the Commission’s work began. The trout-work gives universal 
_ Satisfaction; the people ail seem to know the facts and to be prond of them. 
Ontario has hundreds and probably even thousands of depleted streams that 
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