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Carmarthen Bay ^ibhery Board. The quarterly m ating n[ the Carma-rtfleii Bay Fishery Board was id at olie Carinai- t-heji Guildhall Friday. were pre- sent jlr D. E. Se,pb2,n" Lanuairtneii j _\1r Morvy-n Peel, Danyi-niit: J>r B L. iiioxnas, ( -Ntervvii 1, Wdutfand: Mr !I>. Evans, -Manordatf; Rev A. Fuller Mills, Carmarthen: Mr Jos. Morgan. Carmarthen; Mr Hea^wrfc Peel, Taliaris; Mr J. L. Thomas, Caegla- Mr H. A. Lew it;. Carmarthen; Mi John Morgan, Mr L. D. Thomas, Carmarthen; the Deputy-Clerk (Mi C. H. Morgan Griffiths); and the Supt. of "Water Bailiffs (Mr H. O. Long Price). APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN. Rev A. Fuller Mills proposed, Mr W. N. Jones seconded, and it was unanimously carried that Mr Mervyn Peel be elected chairman of the Board for the ensuing year. Mr Dd. Evans proposed, Mr L D. Thomas seconded, and at was unanimously carried, that the Rev A. Fuller Alii Is be elected vice- chairmain for the ensuing year. THE LATE MR DANIEL STEPHENS. The Chairman moved that they place on record their deep sense of the loss which the Board had sustained in the death of its chairman, Mr Daniel Stephens, in October last. Mr StephenJ was a very old and faith- ful member of this Board, and at the time of his death lie had been chairman for nearly two years. During that time Mr Stephens had won not only their respect, but also their esteem and confidence for the ability and the impartiality with which he presided at the meetings. He was sure that they all deplored his loss; and their sympathy went out to his family in their sorrow. This motion was carried in silence by the members all .rising to their feet. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Committee was appointed with the addition of Mr John Morgan, and Dr Thomas. FISHERY CONFERENCE. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries wrote that it was proposed to hold a meeting of i opr.recitatives of Fishery Authorities in i London. They asked that the Carmarthen j Bay Fishery Board should appoint a repre- sentative., The meeting would be held in Juno at a date which would be fixed later. Mr iicrbert Peel propocvd that the chair- man act as their representative. Mr J. L. Thomas seconded the proposition. Rev A. F. Mills asked what was the dele- gate supposed to represent. The Clerk The views of the Board. Rev A. F. Mills said that he never knew they had a,ny views. The Chairman said that they had some views regarding fishing in the Bay. L'r Thomas said that that was a very im- poitant question, and iL touched them very closely. There was now a proposal to open Carmarthen Bay to trawlers of any size. That was certainly contrary to the interests of the fishermen in the district. Mr Stokes, of Teniby, had put down for the next meeting of the Milford Haven Deep Sea Fisheries Board a propcsal which would open the whole of Carmarthen Bay to trawlers. This, he believed, was being done on behalf of the fishermen of Tenby. Being a member of the Deep Sell Fisheries Board, he (Dr Thomas) would I ke to be fortified by the opinion of the Carmarthen Bay Fishery Board Ol this question. He could give the views of the rod fishermen and of the net fishermen on the qllesion. The Newport fishermen had bridged the Board to take them und r the suprvisicn of the Bo.ard so that they could keep the trawlers out. The fact of the traw's being laid across the mouth of a river prevented the •salmon running up. They had kept the trawls outside limit in Carmar- then. and outside the limit on the whole sea- board fro,111 Glamorganshire bournclary right up to Aberystwith. There was no question that the fishing had improved in the district with the exception only of Newport. In the river Taf, with which he was best acquainted, it had improved 250 per cent. He begged to move that the Board protect agaim^t the proposal to extend the limits within which trawling was to be allowed. Rev A. F. M:s seconded the motion. Mr Joseph Morgan said that he repre- sontrd the ifshermen of Ferryside. The I fishermen of Ferryside1, Llansaint, and Llan- stephan had had a meeting the other night; there had also (been a meeting at Llanelly to protest against ;t. The-c men depended on the seine net and ground fishing, and they protested ,n the strongest possible inaniior against this proposed mew bye-law. Already 18 feet trawls were allowed inside the bay;, but this new bye-law would mean that 35ft. trawls with ten tons gross tonnage were allowed in. In the case of the smaller ones they had to take up their trawls every half hour; the result was that when they threw small fishes (back there was a chance that the fih would be alive. But these others were not obliged to pull up their trawls within a certain time, and the result was that the small fish would be dead when they weiro thrown Ihack. The system was also destruc- tive to the gcind fishing as the bed of the was grown ha,rd and the fish had no food. The celts now coming down to clean them- selves "w ould be snatched up by these trawls. Moist of these trawlers were owned bv men who did not reside in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire; they resided in Swansea. This Board received t55 in licenses from the seine net men who were poor mon, and had a very hard life. The Board ought, there- fore, to do what it could to protect their interests. These big trawlers could go all over the ocean., whereas the seine net men could only fish in the Bay. He moved tha^ they appeal against the proposed change in the bye-laws. Dr Thomas said that fi,, did not think uapIwal" was strong enough. He thought "prott'ist" ",as the proper word. It was en- tirely a personal question with these Tenby I men they (Ed not care whether thev ruined the fishing or not. Jfr D. E. Stephens said that he was one of those who had made a few experimental hauls in Saundersfoot Bay with the object of ascertaining the effect of these bye-laws in preserving the fish. Incidentally, he might mention that as they came up with a bag of small fish, they were hooted by the fishermen of Tenhv. The result of these hauls tended to show that tbe,bays were useful as a nursery ground for small flat fish. He would not lay much on the numher of celts which these trawlers could catch but he would lay stress on the fact that they were not com- pelled to pull up their bags within half an hour. He thought that this Board ought to be represented before the enquiry which would take 'place into the proposed bye-law. A resolution of protest was unanimously carried. THE CLOSE TIME. Mr E. A. Rogers asked if anything further had 'been heard of the proposal to arrange a uniform olese time for the rivers. If they took the weekly close tame and the annual, close time. there were not more than three month.s fishing in the year. The Chairman said th -t he had no further information on the sublet. TAPPING THE LOUGHOR. The Board of Agriculntm and Fisheries wrote askinc for the opinion of the Board 011, the Bllrrv Port amd Lhnellv UrhaIL Water Bill. v Rev A. F. Mills .-aid that as that matter was under the consider;.tion of the COlldlty Councd, they had better let it lie on the table The Chairman: We ought to take a little notice of it. Rev A. Fuller Mills said that the County Council had taken certain steps to conserve the water of the county. He d'd not Fee how they could deal with a bill like that when the matter was under the consideration of the County Council. He moved that the letter lie on the table. Mr D. E. Stephens moved a committee be appointed to consider the bill. He thought it was a matter of which they should take cognisance. • The Cic-!rk said that the proposal was prac- tically to abstract all the water of the Louignor and^to provide a water supply which would a!, ow 500,000 gallons to go down every 24 hours. They had to cons'ider their riiorhts as a Fishery Board Mould I)- aff(,Cfe(i I)v taking all the water of the Loughor to the extent of 500.000 gallons every day. Rev A. F. Mills said that the appointment of a committee from the Fisherv Board could have DO effect, as the County Council were ge-jng to conserve the whole c.f the water of the county. Mr David Evans said that the County Council Mould act as a Water Board to supp'y the water to the miner authorities. It wa, possible that thp. vows of he Counrty Council would not meet with the oppi-oral of tli,at Board. The Board had to take a view ,)t the water supply as it affected the fishing. The Chairman said that it was quite 1), ia possible that the views of the County Council might clash with those of the Fishery Board. So long as Uiey saw that there was sufficient water runmmg down rthe L/ughor at the lowest period for the purpose of the fisheries that was quite sufficient. It would do no harm to appoint a committee. He did not see ho. they could get the information they desired wihout a smaU c-omniittee Dr Thomas said that if they did not pro- test they would have no locus standi. The following committee was appointed to consider the matter: Chairman, Vice-Chaitr- niaii, Mr D. E. Stephens, Mr B. A. Lewis, and Mr J. (Morgan. RIVER POLLUTION. The Clerk of the County Council foiwarded the replies which he had received from the various tinplate manufacturers. They all stated that they did not pollute the rivers. They nearly all said that they manufactured he discharge into green copper. The Supt. said that they all manufactured the stuff into green copper. They did not wish to lose this valuaible stuff, but what happened was that M he.ii a flood came it got swept into the river. He believed that they were doing the best they could; but to say there was no pollution was all nonsense. Mr Herbert Peel asked if ,anybody caught fish in the Loughor. Mr J. L. Thomas said that he had seen one caught in the Loughor; but the fishing of the Amman was quite gone. Dr Thomas moved that they take samples, and if they found pollution they should take proceedings. The Chairman said that they had no power to take proceedings. If pollution actually existed, they could only report it to the County Council. Mr J. L. Thomas said that the samples ought to be judiciously taken. There were times when the river was running as red as a fox. The Supt. was instructed to take samples from the Amman and from the Loughor. Mr Joseph Morgan said that the 'best place to take samples would be just where the dis- charge entered the river. BICYCLE ALLOWANCE. The Executive Committee recommended that the allowance of the bailiff's for their bieyeles be increased from 2s (id to 3s 4d a month. SUPT.'S REPORT. The report of the Supt. (Mr Herbert Long Price) M as as follows:- "In presenting my quarterly report, I have the honour to state that, on the whole, the spawning season should have been a good one. In October and November there was a continuous run of fish; since then the rivers were so bight that it was almost impossible to make any observations. Most of the weirs were continually watched during the flooods. Several sew in and salmon beds have been seen. but not so many as usual. Very few dead salmon have been found; this I attribute to the absence of frost during the greater pad of the M'intec. One diseased fish was seen between Conwil land Llanpumpsaint (apparently he had 'spawned). The trout should be in good condition as there has been plenty of water in the brooks. Bailiff Walters was assaulted, and your Board ordored the prosecution, which proved successful. I have taken an extra man for the winter (John Alban) and he is giving every satisfac- tion. During the year 72 cormorants' heads have been paid for. All the bailiffs continue to do their work to my satisfaction." Mr Joseph Morgan Capt. Thomas, of the Deep Sea Fishery Board told me that he would like to come into contact with Supt. Price. The Chairman: Then perhaps, sir, you will take the earliest opportunity you can of introducing them.

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