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I feel safe in asserting that it is at least migra- 

 tory in its habits. It has been found in the 

 Eoanoke, Tar, ISTeuse and Cape Fear, and the 

 tributaries of these rivers. 



Thanks to the public spirit and energetic 

 action of the Audubon Society, we have in 

 North Carolina quite a comprehensive and effi- 

 cient system of game protection; but our mid- 

 land fish interest has been almost entirely neg- 

 lected. Fish may be taken in and out of season, 

 and in any quantity, without violating any 

 statute law. The only measurable protection 

 is the prohibition of seining a few streams in 

 certain localities and also in the use of certain 

 kinds of nets in some of the tide water counties. 



Ponds and lakes for the most part being pri- 

 vate property, the fishing rights thereto are of 

 course at the will of the owner. Fish are not 

 sufficiently plentiful to encourage a person to 

 become a hog fisherman, however much the in- 

 clination may be that way. 



Undoubtedly there should be a little more 

 education of the general public on the impor- 

 tance of the preservation of our fishes and it is 



