, I30 THE HABITS OF THE SALMON. 



pendent ' on fish which run up during the autumn 

 months for their sport, it is very unHkely that angUng 

 after that date will ever be put a stop to. It 

 would be far better that it should be made lawful for 

 anglers to capture gravid fish at any time during the 

 open season, than to allow the provisions in the 

 Fisheries Act against doing so to remain and not 

 put them in force. It is my opinion that the words 

 "unclean" and "unseasonable" should be erased from 

 the Statute Book, and that it would simplify matters 

 if, instead thereof, it should be enacted that it would 

 be unlawful to kill or have in possession any salmon 

 during the annual close season ; but that the capture 

 oiany salmon other than spent fish by anglers fishing 

 fairly with rod and line during the open season 

 should be allowed ; and that any person convicted of 

 killing gravid fish during the spring months, or at 

 the back end of the season, after the annual close 

 time for nets has commenced, by any means other 

 than with the rod and line, or by snatching salmon 

 with rod and line at any time during the open 



