not to be wondered at when one considers that for every female buf- 

 falo taken at the rolling or spawning saason the waters are robbed of 

 the increase which might have accrued from the 100,000 to 800,000 

 eggs destroyed with her. 



The introduction of the carp, and the enactment and enforcement 

 of protective laws have so increased the output that the commercial 

 results of the fish business have assumed large proportions. From 

 16,000,000 to 17,000,000 pounds of coarse fish is not an unusual 

 showing for a season's output. 



The successful enforcement of the laws has not, however, been the 

 work of the local wardens only, for the majority of the convictions 

 have been due to the efforts of the paid wardens, specially directed 

 by President Nat. H. Cohen, the Commissioner in charge of that 

 branch of the work. 



Referring again to work done in Chicago we give herewith a copy 

 of a clipping from the American Field, illustrative of the practices 

 along the lake front, 



PARASITES OUSTED. 



"At one time hook-and line fishing off the piers of Chicago's lake 

 front was a favorite pastime for those residents who were piscatori- 

 ally inclined, but as time went on the dipnet fishermen increased in 

 number aud gradually crowded off the piers the more gentle anglers. 

 With the building of breakwaters, extending from the mouth of the 

 river for several miles south exceptional opportunit: ^s were afforded 

 for setting the apparatus for working the dipnets, aii.l the owners of 

 the latter soon monopolized the entire lake front and it was worth a 

 hook-and-line fisherman's life almost, to intrude his presence among 

 them So bold did the dipnet fishermen become that they even de- 

 fied the legal authorities. 



"But there is a law on the statute books making it illegal to fish 

 with nets inside a quarter of a mile from the shore. The Illinois 

 Fish Commissioners concluded it was time to oust the brigands on 

 the piers, and quietly set to work A few weeks ago deputies were 

 ordered to destroy the nets and rigging The work has been done, 

 and in a month over 800 outfits have been chopped down, and to-day 

 the coast is again clear and a man can take his family out on the 

 piers and angle to his heart's content without molestation or insult 

 from the rowdies and parasites who formerly held sway from Twelfth 

 street to Hyde Park. 



"The Illinois Fish Commission has become quite active during the 

 past year, and is doing good work, not alone on Lake Michigan, but 

 all through the State, and the prospects now are that Illinois anglers 

 will not have to go out of the State to get good bass and other fishing. 



"This is as it should be and augurs well for the future." 



All along the breakwaters for miles the large dip nets were placed 

 as closely as possible, and hundreds of thousands of small fish were 



