Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-02
|terestlng Annual Report Of
the Commissioners Out.
ceat Amount Of Business Done In the
Four Fish Hatcheries.
70 Commissioners Make Many Recommen.
ds'ons Regarding Legislation and Protection.

| - ~ AoA tuS year that Will uOuDtleSs
atract as great if not greater atten-
tim than others is that of the. com
mssioners of inland fisheries and
gMe. The other reports are all very
valuable along certain lines. and every
peson who is interested in them finds
something in them to please and in
| stuet, but the report of the fish and
| game commissioners is something
thf all have an interest in. 1t repre-
SETS the work of one of Names
leaing industries. her summer a.trac-
tiols for the sportsman as well as for
! therecreation Of those who are in the
| Stae. All the departments in the
/ Stse claim something in the way OF
faaering the fish and game depart
aHAt as it is an idea that they helped
| Nxtonstrate to the public was de-
Aiing of interest.
| ~ the start the commissioners ex-
| pN1l that they are indebted to Col.
+. g. Stevens for an Office in the
basement, where they have started a
| mueum. This has grown~so amaz-
ingv. thanks to the contributions Of
| frieids, that their present quarters
VIII soon have to be enlarged which
eanbe easily accomplished.
The board has held 80 hearins, on
thepetitions of citizens for flshwaysSp
daHs and to regulate fishing in ponds
aia streams.
q their fish hatcheries the commits
siolers say:
I've have operated TO their full ca
paoty the four fish hatcheries ami
feeling stations in the State, as fol-
| lows:
AT Edes Falls. Cumberland county;
at Monmouth, Kennebec county: AT
Caiibou, Aroostook county; at East
| operating to a considerable extent the
| ona at Cold Stream, at Enfield. Pen
! obs,ot county, and we have supplied
fist eggs to several private hatcheries
! in the State to a considerable extent.
! The commissioners say that the de-
m3d is constantly pressing upon them
fol trout and salmon to plant in ponds,
! Ia les and streams. .
they think Maine should have the
facilities by the erection of new hatch
| erts for raising at least one million
trdit and land-locked salmon yearly
for distribution in our waters.
mis- outlay would return dividends
to Ihe people of more than an hundred
fob: to secure this one new hatchery
wdld be required at an expense OF
81 DO and an increased outlay of $4,000
J AMI ually to operate it.
| Alter thisy they give history or
hshcutture, which is highly interesting,
with a. general outline of the work
don. by the United States commission
Tiey speak OF the white perch ana
advise that more attention be PAID To
| restocking the ponds with this fish. A
Htt,, discussion on the merits and de-
merits of black bass is also made
They think the season of 1898 was a
, remarkably GOOD tile ana say the ~
cords show more fish have oeef
Ianied than in any other. A fe"
pcg,s follow this in telling OF 'ii''
| wonderful manner in which some Oh
the sections of Maine have grown Yhto
,roI,inenee lately through the sh-
| ing. boating and beautlfai
r,;. lilo many other sections the
hoot makes the lover of fishing pa Oh
nature, as we'll as the uue -
| ,ovar long for spring ana an ."s
| n,essures that accompany 1t.
I IS.regard to the big game the ea'
ibo1 is first sre:ised' TINS "n,' -, ~
saviis becoming extinct ana 1hes 'nlhh
.,xss there is a protection placed over
iron, for term of years. there VII
soon be none seen. They SPEAK u
the number of cases OF s'a's
Of thess animals that J
Known of along the Maine border an'
/ ,eayh the remedy to the legislator
THEY say that with their present nm
/ fed warden service, better protectior
cantot be secured. ~. ~,
4 tn discussing the moose question .ne
commissioners go into detail resaru,
inrjthe opinions of the people apou'
| .he increase or decrease of the am,
nail of the habits of the animals anu
~ IT, proposed legislation. They say
III they cannot believe that any long
one, time or additional facilities lol
can;ure should be offered. They pom.
in regard to these animals. ~ ~
noaehine that is believed e pc so ,r.
~ near the Canadian border ~.
va,ue Of the moose as an attract'on :
he state il also mentioned. So !.
Moose that is taken out OF MAINE ~ !,
.a ai 70 cGst $500 to the sportsmen- no
mat he one hunter pays It. but tne as
ara many who never get one. any , sne.
,ra,,v come to hunt deer with lo, -,
inc for moose, that brings men s',y 10,
state when they would not osne'"'s
have come. ,,., ~ ali indi
StsS ...,,,rfo the deer nave H3