The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-06


press their views of the proposed change
Of the close season.
I'VE want your opinions of IT,, said the
senator anu hesEot them sooner than he
fishermen began expressing their views
atEthe same time, and occasionally the
nnSr chord Of 4 well-fed. sleek hotel pro-
was q Babel, and Chairman Ward
Jumped his cane up and down on the floor
with his blacksmith arm, and for the
t'This BILL" said Senator Parry.
What bill Is that?v asked a man in
bill NO. l22, replied the Senator.
sheau IT. shouted a str~ong-lunged
was read. Then Tom, Dick and Harry
began 70 swap. views, regardless OF the
committee, and more vigorous shifting
arm Of Chairman Ward, who shouted
Beg pardon, gentlemen, but we must
That Sit Of information staggered the
audience for an instant. and. taking adj
vanLage Of the lull, Senator Parry said
sExcuse me, Senator" interrupted a
man with side whiskers, but myself and
some of my constituents rave Just come
IN and we. don't n what the bill is.
We would like to hear 1T read"
Mr.. B. e. Emo, proprietor Of the River
side House, Forked River, spoke against
the close season provided for in the bill.
He said h to allow the net fishermen
to begin fishing the first of September
would ruin hook and line fishing in Barne-
gat Bay. because during the month OF Sep
tenlber striped bass fishing is the best.
Mr.. Emo rave statistics to show that Sep
tenber is the banner month for hook and
line fishermen, and was, therefore. the
month that the hotel men wanted closed
the majority of the people living along
the shore of Barnegat bay were in favor
Of the law standing as it is-the close sea-
was changed the speaker thought the
hotel keeDers and sportsmen would be
driven away and large business interests
Emo was assured that the proposed law
that now protects Barnegat Bay fisher
men, he said he had n9 objection to
james e. Otis said that If the purpose
Of the. bills was TO favor the interest of
the fishing industry and calculated to In
cation, the close season should be from
March Is till the first of June.
Ephrailn z. Berry said if the close sea-
f fse fishing rim lndus ary in IN he Il s eoanty Of
Ocean would be ruined, because the fish
would be taken during the spawning per-
Mr.. M. C. Mathers, of Burlington eoun-
ty. said that during certain months Of the
year, when the rivers are frozen, seine
fishermen in the open waters and on the
d1AAA 4tCd4 lttI III 90 dll a. * klQl1-
bers of perch and roekfish that have no
market value because they are SO small.
and they are used for the purpose Of
fertilization. He wanted a law to pre-
vent seine fishing on the flats and under
the ice near the shore.
Mr.. D.. T. Soy. OF Burlington County,
overcome the objection was to regulate
the depth of water in which nets were
hauled, making the minimum ten feet.
That would operate to prevent the hauling
Qf SPiQ0S near the ShnrPS ard nm the HQtc
ton first of the bill providing that the
to May Is. At this point everybody feii
to talking. and the amendment got lost
Mr.. William n. Patter. of Bayville.
fisherman of twenty-saven years expe-
rience. He said that Mr.. Emo had no
knowledge of the spawning season. Of
been nearly all his life an tout West
farmer" He said Mr.. Emo spoke in favor
Of the sportsmen and the rumsellers.. He
from June | to September l.
Mr.. Emo took the floor to defend him
self against the insinuations Of Mr.. Pot
ter, and said he had ugh that GENTLE
man and his associates catching fish ille-
gally last season., and demonstrated with
them. Somebody in the party replied that
but he could slip off to hades, and If he
wanted to make trouble for them they
would have him arrested for selling liquor
Sunday.
For a minute it looked as If the two
men would come together over the heads
OF. the committee. but Chairman Ward
hammered the floor vigorously with his
cane. and finally the war cloud was push
ed aside.
Senate bill No. 1913. which is known as
the Game bill, was taken up and no OBJ
lection was made to its provisions until
the section was made governing the
shooting of wab-faoted fowl was reached.
when MI. C. r.. Carter. of Barnegat, said
amended so that the open season should
be from October Is to May 1, and that
hunters should be allowed to hum but
day. that restriction to continue until
January !. This suggestion met the APP
prnva1 of the majority and the hearing
ended.