The Penn's Grove record., 1885-06-13

- Nlet Nt on leNN Turing tht H'H-
son. They we're there when the law
passed. but because Of tArea.s .lFey
came home ana 60. cabins and stayed
on the opposite side of thg bay. The
hay at Collins BeacL lhe middle Of the
fishing grounds is called 10 miles wide
bat call 1t s. Justice says the fishing
grounds is Is miles long. Shad nets
are 10eo yards long 0rnot quite Of q
mile. II. viii take = mis- TO reach
across tie bay and there viii br 8 eros
sed d miles apart. The N au who FOAM
ed SO long mus, have had an alteration
Of the optic nerve or did not know how
to fish. No Jersey slld h-h5r men
put mp Oh the Delaware side except
those who has been accustomed 10
board al Port Penn. The Best listing
is considered to be on the Delaware
side of the bay. Above Beeay island
the best fishing Is considered to be on
the JERSEY side all tins way mp the riv-
er. Delaware has i nets at Port Penn
which -hsh in the bay and UP the river
as far as tie Tort. Delaware City has
- nets which generally fsh from home
in Salem Cove on the jersey side.
New Castle las % nets most Of which
fish from home where think Tie best
fishing is. About ) OF 6 o. them goto
Hepeecesk on the Jersey sid and fish.
They resided there this year and We're
trea ed Wet By the ~Jersermen and not
malested. Wilmington las - nets
which 60 to Duck creek, farther down
than any one els, consequently tbey
are The first to c3me home. When they
get home they throw their net over
board off Deep wafer Point and the
tide takes All t4s nsts around the
point Ire same. but swings them 10
the Jersey shore at Crunch Landing
where the Wilmington men generally
fish. Jerseymen have never complain
ed hut have always taken their chance
in throwing off their nets even il they
hal to rou to the Delaware side Of the
river for a place. Jersey fishermen
ha &c found il to be an advantage to
stay IL the bay until May 25tn ard close
their season there nc there has be
ccme so many fisherman to catch
the sturgeon before they get to the
shad fishing grounds. If the sturgeon
men are stopped the sturgeon will have
a free course to run 10 the shad nets
and play havoc with them. New jersey
has not became greedy enough yet I"
demand her fun rights. The fishermen
work hard to get what little they do
get and they deserved it. Pennsylvan-
ia has complained. A special to the
Pills. Times on april y, says; The
shad fishermen near Marcus Hook ap-
pealed to Senator Cooper recently, 10
see if the Legislature of Pennsylvania
or tie Governor could not interfere TO
protect them against tie law passed
py Delaware. Coy. Pattison advised
tie fishermen to u out an injunction
upon the Delaware officers or in case
OF arrest, appeal at nee to the u. ;.
Court. Neither Gov. Pattisen Q Sen
ator Cooper has any doubt Of the con-
st~itutioualiiy ofthe Delaware act"
..She has made ali this noise because
Delaware Las passed one single act for
the protection OF her fishing interest;
The only She has Of Importance"
It is not of much Importance now si2ee
Une.e sans took a hand iA il last Tues
day. "D3 these people net know that
New Jerseys statute books are fun of
fish ana oyster laws in reference to the
Della .rare river and bay. II they do not
know it some IF ON prominent cltIzens
do know ii to their owB sorrow. We
know full well that if New Jersey had
the SAINT advantages Of tie fishing i'll
terests Of Delaware bay as she las OF
he oyster Interest, 10 citizen OF tins
State OF any other would be permitted
to take OF catch a single sturgeon from
her waters. This is fjly proven in the
fact that she does not permit any one
10 pick up, catch or carry away a Sill
rie oyster from tie bay unless be IS a
loval Jerspyman. We fBd no fault
with her laws. She las the right to
MAKE such laws as suits her. We res-
pect them; she must respect ours. We
don't intend 10 interfere with her fish,
ing OF her side OF the river aid bay
and neither New Jersey or Pennsylvan-
ia will hereafter be permitted 10 violate
our land by tIespassLng ia lie way they
have heretofore done. They must not
supgas because We treated them mid
liz on tue first passage Of the law and
gave them full opportunity to leave Tor
their own fishing grounds without az
rest that We are going to permit them
hereafter 10 openly violate our laws"
Delaware has thousands Of acres OF
flat on which to plant oysters if her
citizens had the epergy 10 do it and her
laws allowed them. Her oyster laws
are as strict as New jerseys, except
ing she don't require every hand en-
ployed ON an oyster boat to be d resi-
dent of her stale. No NONRESIDENT Is
allowed TO take oysters off OF DsiaW@T g.
Nnr nuoht they To be for she has but
the meager feet of 9 oyster boats. Her
own laws are more peeu las as to the
rights Of her own citizens than Jerseys
are to non-residents. During The Oys-
ering seasonuo boat is allowed to take
in one day mere than u bushels Of oyS-
ters from hegcreeks por no wagon to
cart awwdhore Than p bushels. Dur
ing the anne time 10 oysters beat Is al
low ed 10 dredge on the natural beds
.bova DIinsey Point. 8 miles above