Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-15


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sew fOFx. deeStAx4ray
before shedding becomes 10 II inehe. afte,
shedding and the she'll become. hard. f. i.
knoSn TO Increase in "a hours from inche.
by shedding 10 10 / inches. No egg.
are ever attached TO 4 9-inch l3b.ter. While
th- 10 IL inch lobster has from 10 so to
% 900 eggs araehed 10 it. Thi. /. Why the
inch lobster should not be used for if ii i,
destroyed before il comes to ina.nritv how
long will it be before the lobster will be
completely eIterminsted On our sea coast
Considerable space Is given 10 extracts from
Dominion reports and to statistics Of HOLSTERS
caught and canned in New Brunswick and
Prince Ed~ard Island In the shipping Of
HOLSTERS from those Who catch them 10 the
markets, in barrels, many short HOLSTERS are
found. To prevent this, the Commis.ioners
recommend that all barrel, aud packages
containing fish and game should require the
shippers name marked on such PACKAGES in
full. If the shipper IS making an honest
shipment no cannot object to this manser Of
marking his shipments BY doing this they
would avoid their packages from being er-
amined.
MAcKEEEL, SMELLS ASD PoRGIEs.
Mackerel have been scarce on our coast
the past year. The total catch for 1855 was
25.5ll barrels. against So Jl9 in 1857; SIS
557 in 1886, and 25s 900 in 1888. Indeed
the catch for lsSs has been the smallest
known for fifty wears The cause of this
great falling of is not known.
By the statutes Of 1887 no smells can be
IN -. -,
any manne' except by hook and line. But
the Commias oner recommends that dip-net-
may be used up 70 May lst, aud that smelt-
caught in this State may be sold up to tha,
date.
The menhaden or porgy, which disappeared
from our .ters ten years ago, re-sppsared
this year and one or two porgie oil factories
started up. 1t is also understood that prep
arations are being made to go largely into
the business NEXT season.
A1EwvEs AND SARpINEs.
The alevive is an important fish but it is
gradually falling Of each year. Their
catch is mainly confined to the DamarlscUt
ia, Medomss and Georges rivers, and the
towns derive quite a revenue from their sale.
10 1898, 1875 900 were canghtln Waldoooro'
and in lss1 AZ 400 were caught in War
rem. There are fifteen weirs on Georges
river. At Dsmsris Otts and Newcastle $40
900 we're caught IN 1857; and IN lsss about
l,2I5 900. The herring sarlIue business is
an enterprise of considerable magnitude in
Maine. There are forty factories in the
state. Their product last year vas 10000
cses This ear 1t will reach j90,0O cases.
Each case contains 100 boxes aud each box
ten or twelve little fishes.
ACCOMMODATIONS
The State Fish and Game Commissioners
have control Of So 900 square miles Of terri
tory, 10 cover viii is an appropriation of
l. cents per square mile. or total of
ST. 500. From this sum has 10 be paid
50 600 for the purchase of sea and land
locked salmon eggs. The Comm ssosers
say: IF but the salary and the same APP
preparation required for the fisheries alone,
is to be continued to Us, we have to request
in the name Of common sense and justice,
that we be relieved Of the care of the game.
They also make the following recommends
tons
!. law imposing heavy penalty a'well
as imprisonment, for the use of iyna mite or
other explosive, rhen emf loyed in blasting
lodges at dams on rivers.
2 Means to select and paw dozea good
and efficient ps1 whom we can send to any
and all parts of the Stst- who shall be ever
present and on dsty and not only protect our
Ash aud game fro slaughter, but orr forests
from ire. Local ~ardens are OF no sc-
count as has been repeatedly shown.
3. Additional law for the protection of our
valuable forest lands against fires set by
semi outlaws and poschers
4 The Com ni,soners say We would
q has th.tl tak a ~ pf thA n
ty from the warden which vas changed st
the last session of the legislature, be re-
stored al the earliest possible date Of the
session, that We may be able TO meet all the
skin hunters who will b. gin their cruel,
dirty work after the first deep SHOWS of
January
5 The addition of september to the
open time for deer. srd law to make it
penal to kill COW or yearling moose at any
time.
6 A good, square non-e1portation law
for veni.on.
!. The means of RS idly enforcing the
bounding Law both for the sake of the game
as well as for our farmers sheep.
s. The close time to nets and ~eirs in
tide waters for salmon, to commence the
first minute 10 July
. Cause the opening of wers to be made
at the bottom.
10 Change sections 81 and - OF Chapter
10 Of Revised statutes so as 10 impose hne
Of s25 for setting or usiug net in ponds
or streams above tide wstsr; TO be S25
whether any fsh are caught or not AMI
further fine Of $40 for each ss mon or lsufl-
licked salmon so caught; and 81 for ever.
other FISH Of any tini whatever 50 caught.
Fba report i,sgned by Z Sill-ell
and Heary O. Stanley, Commissioner Of
Fish and Game AID 3. W Couoce, Com
missioner Of Sea and Shore Fisheries