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TRANSPLANTING FISH. 



Upon being apprised of the fact that the construction of the 

 Croton reservoir would make it necessary to drain Kensico lake, 

 a protector was placed in charge of the work of saving the fish, 

 and with the assistance of the sportsmen of Westchester county 

 5,614 game fish, mostly black bass, were transferred from Kensico 

 lake to Rye, Byron, Tompkins and Silver lakes and Pleasantville 

 reservoir. While the majority of the fish transferred were small 

 mouth black bass, there were several brook trout, a large number 

 of pickere], white perch, catfish, eels and suckers. 



The largest fish taken was a large mouth black bass weighing 

 7% lbs. The next in size was a small mouth black bass weighing 

 5 lbs. 6 ounces. The largest pickerel taken during the nine days 

 that it took to transfer the fish was four pounds, and a yellow 

 perch was taken that tipped the scales at two pounds. At one 

 single haul of the seine 750 fish were taken, and in one day 

 there were 1,500 taken and transferred to the above waters. In 

 addition to the game fish there were thousands of chubs and other 

 fish transferred to the other waters as food for the game fish. 



EXCLUSION OF GAME BIRDS— INTERPRETATION BY 



ATTORNEY-GENERAL CARMODY OF FOREST, 



FISH AND GAME LAW OF THE STATE IN 



REFERENCE THERETO- 



" The provisions of the Game Law of the State, whereby certain 

 game birds of foreign countries are excluded and certain others 

 admitted, are not based upon geographical lines but are governed 

 by ornithological classifications. The scheme of the statute is to 

 permit the importation of such game birds as do not resemble those 

 native to. the State of New York and to prevent the importation 

 of such as do resemble those native to the State, the purpose being 

 to protect the native birds and not to grant or deny commercial 

 favors to other nations. 



