Report of Cf)ief Fisf) and Game Protector 



and Forester. 



To ft)e Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests : 



GENTLEMEN. — I take pleasure in presenting to your honorable Board the results 

 accomplished by the force of fish and game protectors and foresters under my super- 

 vision during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1899. 



The following devices, which were being illegally used for the taking of fish, 

 were captured and destroyed : 



Fyke nets, - - - - 577 



Trap nets, 192 



Gill nets, ------------ 397 



Squat nets, ----------- 93 



Seines, ------------- 39 



Pound nets, ----------- 3 



Set lines, - - - - - -- - - - - - 288 



Spears, --. 7 



Tip-ups, -..------.--- 102 



Eel-weirs, - 10 



1,708 



Total number of nets and other illegal devices destroyed were 1,708, valued 

 at $17,168. 



Three hundred and twenty-eight persons were prosecuted during the year for 

 violations of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Law, resulting in the conviction or 

 judgments against 305. The remaining twenty-three persons were either discharged 

 by court or acquitted by jury. The total amount of penalties, costs and fines 

 imposed was $9,539.28, of which $8,148.47 has been collected and turned over to the 

 Comptroller as the law provides. The remaining $1,390.81 was disbursed to attor- 

 neys, justices and constables in cases where recovery was had. Their fees were 

 deducted before remitting to the Department. There were also fines imposed to 



the amount of $490 where no recovery was had, with result that the persons fined 



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