East Saginaw courier., 1865-02-22
Gbe @ onrier.
FISH.


misal pretended the habits of the
white iish the writer says;
an the f's, llaes, IL q seriously to be qnes-
ticnst Shstbof ;Le sri.iAy 81 'his quality, "a is'i
ska =. er he .eriod-'y l,nnnisled Inis can never
b. The erso 80 ang t.,n nsts tk ll.shes cd tha
sscut size are IA Use, for iho teason that tla
10. hea ,iiow MI tAs gsater l.h 70 escape lne
~ A,i Is 1i rapid gfowth AMI short Of lie, ly-
in TIT tsso OF three years A. The end of las
E,.oud or i4i.l year 40 gas lao iha deep 'a oil
vat r aud taefr ie2. A tae tiiAv si lshiae w.ih
,.ouni n0ts'tte iluows of last year. or OF tut
- aan'hs previous, OF .uli grown, while he
Iatiisaus 1f lhis years hltehng arc 100 s,nAil g.
lactnght ia thc yet uni eoussq sqacntly will s.,ape
.ttrlurh - nsshes Next ysas those will he fHil
grown, th At II All the fall grown fish zach Year
.r1 oat, 10 .hera vii be stil an annual SUPPLY.
in nrny tt,cos ihe fouNl Or trap NOT uctualiy
tsak 90 aicfe,ss tho amount OF white hsh, by
te.pgaag tAg sturgeon snd other rseiess hsh Who
srs great i.lred. tons ufou the ~hite fish
We give the above opinion for
what il is worth, in consideration of
ihosomewha hat curious theory advanced
at the same time we think the Gov
eruor is right, and that Legislation on
the subject Is impor.tiyely demanded
ia this view the oldest and best men,
whose business consists in taking fish,
fully concur.--Let. -4Rrest'ser and IiiJ-
,Cge.
Ia the vow taken by the -4drert'ser
& YtiJ1osc, which seemsdisposel to go
itblnG" on Gov. Grapes recommends
ton, "the oldest and best r en-, whose
business consists intalins fish, in the
Saginaw Bay district, US extensive
aul valuable as any district on the
American lake coast, by no means
concur. After years of eXporiouco
they have found that trap nets are no
more destructive than muny other
means used for taking fish, aud they
have also found that notwithstanding
tie numbers taken for long series
uf years, the means of repro
duct.on had been so ample that the
dcstru two inhnencg Of trap nets, big
fish Of kln, big fish generally, and
piratical sturgeon in particular, did
not prevent more white fish being
caught in 1852 than any previous year,
aal there is no porcepsiblo diminution
Of supply this date.
'! hen 1t was proposed to enact a
game law in this State the most ex-
rcricnccl hunters and sportsmen as
well as many scientific mon were consul
ted in order that the habits and peculiar
tics OF al birds and animals to be in
clu4el NIGH. DO understood; the result
was tho passage of a sensible, practi-
cal law that mot the end Designed
Such practical consultation should 10y
al means boheld before any Legislation
is had in regard to fah. This inde
cent haste" to carry .ous theories, how
over plausible, in regard to matters
wherein tie widest diiloronce Of opin.
ion prevails, has bad look. W.
speak from the record when we saJ
tht very large majority Of tho Bay
that they regard the gubernatoria
theory a. unsounl, AMI consider tina
reduced to practice it would worl
great injury to them while it could by
10 possibility benefit any, save, per-
laps, some subterra2ean operator who
having an "axc to grind thus seoks
10 dcrange an entire and important
branch of business to CRAFTY his own
selfish aims. Twonty thousand dol
lars orth Of property would at once
be rendered valuiess By the passage
OF tho act contelnpla' cd, aad the de-
lay and dilGciity resulting thorefrom
durirg next seasons operations would
swell tic oferegote loss to nearly
double that amount.
1t IS entirely unnecessary at this
tine TO prove tie correctness Of our
position by going into a dissertation
upon tae habits Of fish. We claim as a
right which The legislature cannot
justly refuse or ignore, that the Sagi-
nav Bay Fishcrmen shallbo heard be-
foro any action is had. They are now
mainly inaccessible; those who have
boon heard from are unanimous in
opposition TO any legislation until q
f,.ll and general consultation is held,
but they viii ehcerfully abide the
result Of s1ch consultation.
NEws.--Ihc latest by telegrapk is
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