Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-29
URGES UNIFORMITY
IN THE GAME LAW
FOR STATE OF n. j
Commission, in Its Annual Re-
port, Points Out Need for
Changes.

TRENTON, Dec. 29.-In order to
avoid the conflict that exists at present
as a result OF the division Of the State
into northern and southern sections,
the Board of Fish and Game Commits
s~ioners. in its annual report to the Glow
ernor, urges q Statewide uniformity
of laws bearing on this subject. This
Is one OF twenty-nine recommendations
contained In the report. all of which
involve changes in the present game
laws.
Among the most important Of these
recommendations is that a bag limit be
fixed for game birds to be taken in
day, as follows:
Quail, not to exceed 10; English
pheasant, 3; Hungarian partridge, 8;
woodcock. 10: ruffed grouse, 8; reed
birds, 90; rail birds. Is; ducks, 20;
geese, 10: brant, 10; shore birds. az
In suggesting one law for the entire
State the board would fix the open
season from November ! to December
Ii for quail. partridge. grouse. English
or ring-neck pheasant, Hungarian
partridge, wild turkey. prairie chicken,
w~oodcock. squirrel and rabbits. TIL
board would make the open season for
water fowl from November 1 TO Feb
ruary L
Enactment of Audubon Lew Urged.
The enactment Of an Audubon law
Is also suggested, which would provide
that no person shall kill or catch or
have In possession. living or dead, any
wild bird other han a game bird, or
purchase, offer or expose for sale any
such wild bird after 1t has been killed
or caught. It 10 suggested that the law
| should provide that no part of the
plumege, skin or body of such wild
birds that are protected by law and not
game birds shall be soil or had In pos
session for sale.
Other recommendations arc: Pro-
teoting upland plover for ave years;
fixing the season for shore birds from
June 1 to January 1; providing Tor n
or more game farms; providing that
all wild State land shall be game
refugees; prohibiting the use Of silencers
on guns OF any kind; prohibiting the
sale OF all protected game, including
water fowl, or tho export Of the same
from the State all the year, except in
case Of nonresident licensees; amend
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striking out the provisions containing
therein reference to deer and dogs;
fixing the salary of wardens at $75 a
month and the salary OF h protector
at $500 a year, and providing for an
assistant protector at a salary of 81, 200
a year; permitting battery shooting
on Tuesdays and Fridays. the owner
Of zach battery paying a license fee of
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gun over ten-gauge, under a penalty of
800; fixing the cost of nonresident
licenses at S. to residents of States
where the nonresident license is IS;
fixing q bag limit of twenty-five a day
on trout; prohibiting h taking of
bluefish under twelve inches in length;
providing that striped bass be regarded
as a game fish and for a period of five
years shall be taken only with hook
and line; providing a license OF 5000
for each fish pound; prohibiting any
pound within three miles Of any inlet,
on the ocean front or in the inlets; pro-
hibiting the use Of hauling seines In
Raritan or Sandy Hook bayB; fixing
the season for crappie, calico bass,
black bass, pike, white and yellow
perch, white bass and pickerel from
June Is to November 80 In fresh waters
and for white perch in salt waters;
abolishing netting fish under ice in salt
waters; stopping all netting in salt
waters between May and June, except
ing fykes; providing for a fish hatchery
for trout, black bass, etc; providing
that fines in fish n game cases shall
be paid to the commission for the use
Of the commission; amending the pen
atty section in the Barnegat bay law;
making the Illegal taking of menhaden
a misdemeanor; providing for a rod
license in fresh water for non-residcnts.
Review of Deer Hunting.
Commenting on deer-hunting in New
jersey, the report says:
TN November. 1909, after a closed
period of ten years, a season for deer
was opened, when on every Wednesday
in November shooting for bucks only
was allowed. Every precaution posi-
BILE was taken, through the aid OF war
dens, deputies and constables, to pre-
vent the Illegal taking OF deer before
n during the season, and there were
several convictions along this line. It
was found that tho deer with which the
State had been stocked had largely
multiplied. From the best information
obtained 1t was learned that eighty-six
bucks had been taken. No person in
the woods was mistaken for a deer and
injured or killed. This was due to the
provision that only bucks may be
taken, which compelled the hunter to
make sure of the nature of the object
at which he shot"
The commission says that after care
full examination 1t has found that ell
saltwater fish, such as perch and
striped bass. are very greatly reduced
in numbers, and that our famous Span
ish mackerel and sheepshead Of former
days are things of the past" 1t Is de-
clared that unless vigorous measures
are taken to protect perch and striped
bass, particularly in the spring of the
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