Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-18
Vtatement of the Situation by tho
Hon. N. w. Fisk, Commissioner.
rhe Goscrnmcnt At Ottawa Responsible
for Action Already Taken by the New
York Legislature Conhscatisg Fish
Cnmsht in Seines ana Nets IN the
waters Of Lake Chan,plnin, and
Alike Action That VIII Nc
Taken by Other States.

interest % uniform laws for tho nrotec.
lion Of fish in the waters Of Lake Cham.
pl,jn in Vermont. New York and Can
ida has bcon given TO tho press from,
lime to time during the mast winter.
As proof that tho Canadian uo>ern-
hcnt is responsibje for the jaw reccn,l,.
BASED bv the Now York lcr;s,a,urc
Sonfscating all fish shipped nv the Cam
)djans from tho waters Of Lake ,-h.m
plain. I Will add the following. The
commissioners started in their work he :
tevipC that the Canadian royerun,cnt
would he willing 10 grant sucb reason.
Able reuuosts as We thourht hrs, ia
Ask OF them.
At our second meeting hold M O,iaw,
Uanuary t.. the Hon. RAYMOND Pre-.
Mountain. minister of marin. and fish
Dries, said that if the United States uov
lrnment. or the States ~ Vermont and
New York. would prohihit thc stock
hg of the waters n, Lake ChampIain with
hollow rerch he believed there wo,,,d
y no trouble in our coming ia an agree
kent. that seirinr in Nissisouoi H.v
To,,ld no doubt he prohibited. This re-
ouest was promptlv granted nv tho
United states government. Vermont and
New York.
At a third meeting hold II, .bo Office
~ tho Hon. RAYMOND prefontsino q,
Montreal At the request Of a. few MEM
hers of the North American TYsh and
fame Protective Association. where a
petition covering seven pages Of tyre
Eritter matter ,,pon this o,,cstion
>iened hv the Hon. l.. ]. Tweedie. nre-
kcr at ST. John. n. T.. president Of the
Association. and by the Won. F. r. n
Fhsmhers of Quebec. secretary. was
tead Ia Mr.. prefontaine bv Secretary
chambers.
MIR. Prefontaine said thai he vas witt,
ss in this work a,sc tina, be vould u.iro
Sremior Parent ~ Couebe, MT ia issuo
hnv licenses until authorized ia do so
hy himself: hrt added tbat in,snucb
~ vc had ,on,. ,o Tho .,,ernn,ert ~
nttaw, with our nstithp, in tho nI,,. or
scinr IA the Ouehec governments, IL,
must ask that some request com. to
him from the federal governmont M
WASHINGTON. saving that with tb;s re-
or..t nc would have no troubl. IN nro-
bihitiny Seine fishing giving ,o,snrs
vhv. etc.
This request was granted hv hrhcr
authority than W. had any reason to
eypect it would bc at thar time. as
President Roosevelt made a very struur
request through Secretary Of state tho
Hor. John Hav. copy of which with
other papers. was taken direct to III.
government at Ottawa nv the HIM
John q. Foster. our United States con-
eul at Ottawa.
After several unsuccessful meetings
a, two Of which I was present. if was
finally agreed that if the governors of
Vermont and New York would write to
the governors Of Michigan. Wisconsin.
Minnesota and Washington. requesting
them IN appoint like commissions tho
Canadian government would prohibit
seine fishing for at least 3, DAYS. be-
ginning March H..
The governors or Vermont and New
York very Willingly granted this last
ren,icst. lnI. were then Informed nv thc
government at Ottawa that AS the
closed season in Canada was 81 near at
hand they could not prohibit seine fish
Ing in the waters of Missisquo Bay be-
Tor the 18th of April.
1t was not until after this last decision
OF the Canadian government was wired
Ia MS. that the last Legislature of the
n''te "' Ne" YORK Introduced pil'
'i'"' naS NOW n'r"'ne law cchnscatihS
INC 'a'''u'a" nsn'
!" W." w "'' '"'ss 'dc'S IL '"hf"' ne
"'>iu''" '""t 'hc '"h'"'ah SoNerh'h"h.
'h'"''N an" ohIN responsive ior inc
VoS'''"' We nave "eeh ooiiSed 10 take.
an" " poSt'"h 'hat VIII without d"nht
iltFc ~ more uiUltult Tor inc Canadians