APPENDIX. 
77 
The following comparative table is interesting, showing the increase 
in the number of arrests from year to year and the amount of fines im¬ 
posed during each two years for the past twelve years: 
Biennial 
period. 
Violation of 
deer law. 
Violation of 
quail law. 
Violation of 
duck law. 
Violation of 
salmon law. 
Violation of 
striped bass 
law. 
Illegally used 
nets seized and 
confiscated_ 
Total 
fines 
from 
all 
sources. 
No. of 
ar¬ 
rests. 
Fines. 
No.of 
ar¬ 
rests. 
Fines. 
No.of 
ar¬ 
rests. 
Fines. 
No. of 
ar¬ 
rests. 
Fines. 
No.of 
ar¬ 
rests. 
Fines. 
1897-1898... 
11 
$100 
7 
$40 
14 
$220 
19 
$200 
8 
$100 
30 
$3,125 00 
1899-1900... 
37 
735 
3 
350 
6 
220 
18 
900 
47 
805 
23 
5,779 00 
1901-1902... 
75 
1,600 
97 
1,775 
30 
545 
23 
2,400 
26 
185 
• 28 
9,497 00 
1903-1904... 
135 
2,035 
109 
2,344 
30 
375 
15 
1,040 
69 
1,340 
47 
11,738 00 
1905-1906... 
172 
4,355 
106 
2,270 
75 
1,530 
39 
3,350 
103 
4,120 
59 
23,154 90 
1907-1908... 
196 
5,230 
102 
2,337 
63 
1,124 
27 
2,900 
153 
5,401 
85 
30,122 25 
We respectfully recommend the following amendments to the game 
laws: 
Amend section 626 by making the open season for valley quail, rail, 
snipe, curlew, ibis, plover, or other shore birds to commence with the 
duck law on October 1st instead of October 15th, and close the season 
for.ducks and these other birds on February 1st instead of February 
15th, except the Wilson snipe. 
We also recommend that a close season of two years.be established 
on mountain quail and grouse or sage hen. 
Amend section 626c by adding to the list of game birds protected at 
all times, the wild turkey, which is now being imported into this State. 
Amend section 62 Qd by reducing the bag limit on ducks from thirty- 
five to twenty-five, also to include black sea brant and to reduce the 
bag limit of quail, doves, snipe, curlew, ibis, plover, rail, or other shore 
birds from twenty-five to twenty. 
We would also recommend that a law be enacted to prohibit the use 
of any trained animals or live blind to use as a means of approach for 
the purpose of killing any wild ducks or other waterfowl. 
We also recommend the present hunting license be amended to in¬ 
clude fishing or angling, the amount to remain the same, and to be used 
for both, or either, hunting or fishing, and the money derived from such 
hunting license sales be paid into one fund to be known as the fish and 
game preservation fund, into which fund the unexpended balances 
remaining in the fish commission fund and game preservation fund, 
respectively, shall be merged. 
We recommend the following amendments to the fish laws: 
Amend section 628, relating to crabs, by raising the present close 
season September and October, and establishing in lieu thereof a close 
season of four months beginning November 1st and ending February 
28th. And to establish a close season for at least two years on lobster 
or crawfish. 
