Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-03

after we have paid 100000 into the !
State Treasury, if there is any bal
ance of income, our Department can
have such balance forsthe use OF the |
hatcheries. By this provision, Judg-
ing from last years income, we anti !
cipate from $4,000 to $4,000. If we !
receive it. much can be accomplished |
at the hatcheries.
cat Belgrade, 1000 feet of pipe laid |
to increase the water supply In IA
ponds. enabled us to winter five thou
sand more fish. Monmouth received
a new engine and Auburn hatchery
was given a coat of paint inside ana
ont as well as the outside of dwelling
| house and all other buildings.
"At the Governor Hill hatchery, the
road was improved leading from me
main road to the hatchery, the
Grounds cleared up and water piped
to eleven ponds which could not De
used with water before available. Al
This hatchery it will he necessary TINS
wear To resill the main building, make
other minor improvements, and then
| give all the buildings thorough coat
| of paint. .,
was obstructed with seven ponds'
canahIe of carrying $4,000 fish for
summer feeding to be planted as mn
gerlings in the eall.
Commissioner Parsons reports the
changes and improvements at the
other fish hatcheries, and asserts
that: oil
with the enlargement OF an
hatcheries now having surplus OIL
water and with careful attention to
planting of fry as well as fingerllngs'
Il ia hoped and expected that, gen
eraIly. fishing in the inland waters
of the State will continue to i'm
| nroye. except in the ponds ana
streams where automobiles concen-
trate and then only restrictions IN
the form of rules and regulations
can save them.
"These the Commissioner promul-
gates on emergency petition from
the Municipal Officers, or $3.50 OF the
legal voters in the town where the
waters are situate, usually without
opposition, those even who are de-
pleting the stream or pond seeing the
4 wisdom and justice of such action
Two New Fishways
"Two new fishways on the ST.
| Croix River have been built since
the approval of the plans by the In
ternational Joint Commission which
had jurisdiction in these information
al waters. A Joint Board of Control,
with headquarters in Boston, will, in
the future, have an oversight of new
construction and control Of tishways
in this river.
"This river will now be open for
! the passage of salmon to the spawn
ing grounds at Grand Falls as soon
as the repairs are completed on the
fishway at Woodland-within few
days.
. where fishways are not feasible,
: screens are frequently installed at
: the outlet of lake, or pond, which
> contains migratory fish, to prevent
, those fish going down over falls
: where they cannot ret&n. Many ex-
!, pensive screens have been erected
in the last few years and the fishing
improved in important waters.
5 Rules and Regulations
eff the Legislature would make the
law uniform on brooks and streams
y throughout the State, lessening the
u limit in both pounds and numbers,
i it would do away with 5000 of the
q rules and regulations that are now
more or less confusing to some of
the sportsmen who wish to fish in
different brooks. AS it now is there
= seems to be no other way than for
the fisherman to take the pains 20
dSCelt tain ny Inquiry, OF eAdIIllIldllol
e of the law book, just what brooks
d are open and what regulations ex-
a list, before fishing them.
Game Conditions
"That conservation of fish and
o game is receiving more attention
0 from the public than formerly there
u can be no question. The laws are
r better observed by the sportsmen,
especially our own citizens who are
: beginning to realize it's magnitude
as an asset of the people. While
poachers will always exist, they do
, ! not operate on as large scale as
i formerly. Some of them have Joined
our various fish and game associa :
" tions and are as anxious to protect
q the game as their fellow members
- realizing that it Is for their own in
:, terest; that sportsmen do not like
q to visit a locality where the game
@ has been slaughtered by poachers
: . With the increase of summer visitors
many more beautiful places in Maine
\ can furnish summer homes where
= fish and game abound and tourists
thus expend their money to the ad
vantage of the community where
$ fish and game are protected.
Deer and The One Deer Law
e Deer, are probably holding their
own and may in fact be on the in
II crease in the heart of the big woods