REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
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raising trout artificially for market purposes. Enough has been accom¬ 
plished to show that a new and profitable industry can be created in 
this State if an exception is made in the general law on trout in favor 
of those raised by private enterprise, by reducing the weight limit or 
size at which they can be legally sold. In a number of states in the 
Union—Utah, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington — it has 
developed into a profitable business. We believe in encouraging similar 
effort in our State. It would enable citizens and taxpayers to engage 
in a legitimate industry and supply with trout not .only hotels and 
restaurants but the general public, without any drain whatever on the 
streams. This would in a short time, we believe, permit of a non-sale 
law on wild trout—a measure greatly desired by all anglers, as well 
as thousands of others who are not known as sportsmen, and yet enjoy 
their summer outings, provided the supply of trout in the mountain 
streams is maintained, which is almost impossible so long as the market 
fisherman has some shadow of legal excuse to ply his vocation. We 
believe our State offers excellent opportunities for the establishment on 
legitimate lines of such enterprises, which would mean the establishment 
■ef new industries, new avenues for profitable labor, with benefit alike 
to the angler for sport and those whose only opportunity to acquire 
trout is by purchasing them in the markets. We believe that the 
experience of other states would be a safe guide for us to follow, with 
regard to size and other restrictions that should be placed on the 
handling of trout raised in captivity to properly distinguish them from 
the wild trout of the streams and lakes. 
TAHOE AND TALLAC HATCHERIES. 
Since the last detailed biennial report of this Commission was 
printed important improvements have been made at these stations. 
For several years we have had difficulty in getting a sufficient amount 
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of good water to operate the Tallac Hatchery, besides which, its location 
was always a drawback, consequently a change was deemed advisable. 
After examining several sites offered by Messrs. Comstock and Law¬ 
rence, it was finally decided to locate the new hatchery on Taylor Creek 
at a point less than one half a mile above the spawning station. This 
creek, which furnishes our main source of supply of cut-throat trout 
eggs, is also the outlet of Fallen Leaf Lake, which will guarantee our 
water supply. 
We were fortunate in securing a ten-year lease from the late Mr. 
E. J. Baldwin for three acres of ground, more or less, with water rights 
sufficient to operate the hatchery. The advantages of this location are 
many. In the first place it avoided hauling the eggs some three miles 
from the spawning grounds by sled over the snow to the old hatchery 
site, at which point there were no accommodations for the men. After 
