Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-11

Inc report BY Henry q. Stanley, ESQ. q,
the Department Of Fish and Game. for tho
past year, has been presented to the Gov.
ernor and Council.
The report states that the verv .,r;,,.,,
game laws in the Dominion of Canada, have
caused much larger humber to FREQUENT the
woods and streams Of this State, and recon-.
menus stricter laws on the part Of our Leg
isiature, and adequate compensation to the
Commissioners and the Wardens. tn in.n,.
their enforcement. 1t is no longer a matter
oi experiment that stock Of fish and game
can be kept up to the full extent of the f.ed.
ing power OF given territory, that the nre.-
ent stock can be quadrupled, as we'll a. m.
ALREADY large travel to the State, but there
must De more stringent laws and ability to
oner adequate pay az in1ucement to ef8cient
omcers to carry out the law.
A congress Of sportsmen from all parts Of
the state. is suggested. to take the matter
nnder discussion and to fix law. re gulatiny
.nt kilIih9 OF game, thus leaving the Com
m1ssioners free to enforce the laws mad. nv
the people, without being compelled 10 botb
make the laws and enforce them The pre
sent laws are utterly inadequate for their in
tended purpose
another point to which close attention ia
called rs the practice of the visiting sports
men who carry out of the State vast quaint.
ties OF fish AMI game and. by the present svs-
TEN, without any pecuniary adv antage to the
H'ate, whereas, were the laws different n
great advantage wOuld accrue to the inhsbit-
ants OF the state. by legislation preventing
me expectation Of game from our own Dor.
ders.
1t ;s suggested that a bounty of twenty.
nve cents per head be plared upop
the destruction of hawks and owls. AS
the money value Of the poultry killed BY
these birds will far exceed that of all sheen
killed by bears and dogs. to say nothing Of
the havoc made upon wild ducks. partridges.
and insectivorOus birds. II is recommended
that imprisonment be added to the present
penalty for netting wild ducks or fresh water
fish.
The run of salmOn began very early and
was remarkable for the size of the sfi.b
though in numbers twas the smallest for the
last three years. Owing to the height of va
ter and the early run, fewer were taken at the
usual fishing places, and as a re salt of their
undisturbed spawning. very large run of
smOlt was expected for last year and the
present year. Over half million salmon
fry were distributed in the different waters of
the State. Salmon have been distributed by
the L. s. Commission all over the world, and
colony of PenObscOt salmon are now SWIM
ming in Australian waters.
Landlocked salmon have been placed in
Cold Stream Pond at Enfield, in Maranocook
at Readfield. Wilson's Pond in Auburn, and
the Rangeley Lakes. The culture of this
variety has proved great success. They
are beginning to be taken in various places
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as, by this means, in few years we may ex-
pect to see good salmon fishing on our in
land waters.
Two millions of young shad were received
last June and divided betw cen the Penobscot
and Kennebec rivers.
Black bass is very popular and more ap-
plications for its introduction have been re-
ceived than can be gratifed. This fish
should never be placed in trout ponds, or
where it can gain entrance to trout ponds or
streams. For ponds where trout are not, or
have been cleaned out by poachers, the black
bass is invaluable. Ponds in Minot Wis
casset, Harpswell, Rockport, Corinth, etc,
have been stocked with bass, the past year.
The alewife fisheries haye proved very sue
cessful and remunerative.
One million whitefish eggs were received
from Michigan, in February. On account of
the long distance of transportation and the
tenderness of the eggs, only about twenty five
per cent Matched. Part were put into Range
", and the rest into Mooselucmeguntic Lake.
This is an excellent fish, quite easily taken
with hook and line. or with flies. Those of
Moosehead are quite gamey and afford ex-
cellent sport.
Plans have been furnished for fishways at
the lower dam in Alma at the place known as
''head Of the tide - for the lower dam on Lit
tie river in Perry; and for the new dam now
building across the st. Croix at Calais.
The report is very interesting, and is worthy
of careful reading.