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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  In 
  many 
  localities, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  permitted, 
  suckers, 
  carp, 
  

   eels, 
  whitefish 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  non-game 
  fish 
  could 
  be 
  

   taken 
  in 
  such 
  quantities 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  important 
  source 
  of 
  food 
  supply, 
  

   and 
  under 
  regulations 
  that 
  would 
  not 
  endanger 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  

   the 
  anglers. 
  In 
  fact, 
  the 
  netting 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  would 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  

   be 
  of 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  game 
  fish. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  non-game 
  

   fish 
  are 
  • 
  spawn 
  eaters, 
  while 
  others 
  make 
  the 
  water 
  unfit 
  for 
  the 
  

   survival 
  of 
  game 
  fish. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  angling 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  have 
  been 
  ruined 
  by 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  carp, 
  but, 
  while 
  

   despised 
  by 
  the 
  anglers, 
  the 
  carp 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  standpoint. 
  This 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  carp 
  

   fishery 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  today 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  that 
  river, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   carp 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  exceeds 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  fish 
  

   commercially 
  netted 
  in 
  that 
  river. 
  The 
  carp 
  is 
  a 
  wonderfully 
  

   prolific 
  breeder 
  and 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  size 
  in 
  waters 
  having 
  the 
  

   proper 
  food 
  requirements. 
  It 
  exists 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  where 
  netting 
  is 
  not 
  permitted 
  and 
  where 
  for 
  practical 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  it 
  is 
  never 
  taken. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  waters 
  contain 
  no 
  other 
  

   fish 
  of 
  consequence 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  would 
  be 
  benefited 
  by 
  the 
  

   thinning 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  carp. 
  The 
  work 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  intel- 
  

   ligently, 
  however, 
  and 
  a 
  suitable 
  law 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  framed 
  to 
  

   meet 
  the 
  situation; 
  otherwise, 
  great 
  damage 
  might 
  result 
  to 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  anglers 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  question 
  is 
  one 
  which 
  

   must 
  be 
  developed 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  a 
  practical 
  man, 
  in 
  

   thorough 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  angling 
  interests. 
  Under 
  proper 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  the 
  result 
  could 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  food 
  supply 
  would 
  be 
  augmented 
  and 
  

   the 
  State 
  would 
  receive 
  an 
  increased 
  revenue. 
  In 
  this 
  connection, 
  

   I 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  law 
  which 
  prohibits 
  the 
  netting 
  of 
  fish 
  in 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  should 
  be 
  

   amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  netting 
  limit 
  a 
  half 
  mile 
  from 
  shore 
  

   instead 
  of 
  one 
  mile. 
  The 
  half 
  mile 
  limit 
  applies 
  in 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  

   while 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  County 
  nets 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  

  

  