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fishermen has increased greatly. At the present time there are fish
hatcheries at Bayfield, Bohner's Lake, Brule, Delafield, Eagle River,
Eau Claire, Haugen, Hayward, Hebron, La Crosse, Lakewood, Lang-
lade, Long Lake, Osceola, Spooner, Sturgeon Bay, Wild Rose, West-
field, and Woodruff. Over 321,000,000 fish were produced at these
hatcheries in 1934 and planted in lakes and streams of the state.
  Commercial fishermen have depleted the amount of all kinds of fish
in the Great Lakes to such an extent that corrective measures need
to be undertaken. With that in mind the Conservation Commission
has appointed a committee of ten men to investigate and prepare rec-
ommendations for revising the present Great Lakes commercial fish-
ing laws of the state.


Home of the late Joel Allen Barber at Lancaster. Mr. Barber assisted
          in drafting the present constitution of Wisconsin.

  A cooperative law in regard to hook and line fishing was enacted in
1934 by Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is now possible for people to
fish in both sides of the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin, and the St.
Croix River with a license from either state. All rules, regulations,
and privileges pertaining to such fishing are the same in both states.
  In 1934 the Conservation Commission made experimental plantings
of lake sturgeon and muskellunge. They have also established fish
refuges of which there are now 265 in fifty-one counties of Wisconsin.
They are of two kinds, those established in streams and those estab-
lished in lakes. Those in the lakes are in effect during the spawning
period only but those in streams are for two years or longer. Future
fish planting in Wisconsin will be supervised by conservation depart-
ment men so that lakes and streams will be stocked with fish suitable