Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-14
FISH AND CAME IN TIE STATE
Commissioners Make Their Reportard to Get Prosecu- lions in Stoninston, They Complam-Much Work Done Around the State in Stocking With Fish, Quail and Partridges-Game the Increase.

The ninth biennial report of the flsh and game commissioners made to the governor and the general assembly calls particular attention to difficult ties encountered in prosecuting cases at Stonington, declaring that no prose cutfon can be secured there on the matter of short-length holsters, where they say the prosecuting officer will make no effort to enforce the law if he can possibly avoid it.
 The report says on this point:
 Your commissioners desire to call your attention to the serious difficulty encountered in prosecuting cases De- fore the town court of the town of Stonington. where the prosecuting at torney will make no efforts to enforce the laws on Illegal Holsters if he can possibly avoid it. strong appeal was made to the judge of the court to have these laws enforced, but ne seemed disposed to act entirely upon the recommendations of the prosecut- ing attorney The cases which the Stonington court has refused to try will be prosecuted by the commission under authority conferred by statute The commission has never before as stunned to take prosecutions of any case out of the hands of those deSlg- mated by law to prosecute local cases The refusal of this prosecuting attor- ney in matters of so fragrant viola ton makes it necessary that the com mission take this extreme measure.
 Game Has increased.
 Tn addition in the report details are given of the work and recommenda- tions made which will have marked influence on the fisheries of the state in particular. The report in part is as follows:
 Three new state game preserves have been established and more wood land added to the one established four years ago. Game of all kinds is more plentiful in the state than in many years, and tentative plans are under way to assist in a steady increase. The enactment of the Bayne law, stopping the sale of wild game in New York state, has removed the great market for the illegal shipment of our wild game birds out of this state, and will have a good effect towards the con servation of our own supply The law of 1911 permanently extending the non-sale of partridge, quail and wood cock, is in the line of modern game protection. Comparatively little trou- ble was experienced in enforcing the new law shortening by two weeks the open season for game, and we believe it will result in leaving d large mum Der of breeding birds for next season.
 Partridaes, Quail, Fish,
 The commission has endeavored to judiciously stock the numerous lakes, ponds and brooks throughout the state with god edible fish in such abundance as will supply all: 2.142 Hungarian partridge have been purchased and liberated. These have propagated well in some sections of the state. The birds came from a foreign country. where they are very prolific and where the natural conditions seem to be nearly the same as in Connecticut Nine hundred and thirty five quail were purchased and kept at the state hatchery. Windsor Locks, during the winter and liberated in the spring and have also done we'll The hatchery has also matched and reared 175,585 fingerling trout and adult trout which have been distributed throughout the state Seventy three thousand small mouth black bass have been pur- chased and planted in the waters of the state. and 3.300-oo0 waI1-eyed pike, or pike perch, were matched at the Joshuatown hatchery and distributed to applicants. These eggs were as- signed by the bureau of fisheries.
 Shad ard Lobster Fry.
 .'Six hundred and forty-two thou sand shad fry were matched on the Pennington river in 1911, and the bureau of fisheries assigned 100000 shad fry for the Joshuatown retaining ponds in 1912. These were liberated in the Connecticut river during the first part of October. No shad hatch cry on the Pennington river was con ducted during 1912, as satifactory ar engagements could not be made for procuring eggs; 22, ,750.000 lobster fry were matched at the Noank station