. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. 447 proper restrictions upon the taking and killing of fish, shell-fish, bivalves, and game ; the promotion of the culture of fish and game, and the intro- duction of new species and varieties of fish and game, and to disseminate information relating Hon. Gk()r.;i, W. , ISosroN. /â '.x-J''iesi</i'i/t and '! I-'ish and (iamc Pratati^c As.^oiialii'n. " From its beg
. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. 447 proper restrictions upon the taking and killing of fish, shell-fish, bivalves, and game ; the promotion of the culture of fish and game, and the intro- duction of new species and varieties of fish and game, and to disseminate information relating Hon. Gk()r.;i, W. , ISosroN. /â '.x-J''iesi</i'i/t and '! I-'ish and (iamc Pratati^c As.^oiialii'n. " From its beginning the association became actively engaged in carry- ing out the objects for which it had been chartered. The records show that the attention of its members was early directed to such subjects as the preservation of fish in our inland lakes and streams, the decrease of fish in Massachusetts bay, the destruction of lobsters on our coast, the pres- ervation of trout in our streams, the seining of smelts in our bays. "That there was abundant need of action on the part of some one is shown by the following lines which I have copied from those records. ' But the most important phase of the subject relates to the future supply of fish. Last year (1874) we were nearly deprived of smelt; full-grown lobsters are now almost unknown; w hile trout and salmon have hardly yet, under the influence of stringent protective laws for several years, recovered from the effects of their almost total annihilation by being caught while in spawn, before the laws were enforced.'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908. Boston : Samuels & Kimball
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