The Sea-Lion Question in British Columbia

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Excerpt from The Sea-Lion Question in British Columbia: Part I. Preliminary Report of the Commission, 1915, (With 2 Maps and Appendices), Part II. Report and Conclusions of the Sea-Lion Investigations, 1916, (With 36 Half-Tone Views)Although permission to kill sea-lions on federal reservations was refused. The commission. By means of arming their patrols, killed a great number of sea-liens at other points along the eoast. The report states: It may be added that our activities have been exerted, nevertheless. Tn the destruction of a large number of these animals upon such rookeriis and other plaves alniuz the voust as are not subjeet tn the control of the Treasury l)e|mrtment of the United States. The eti'eet on the salmnu industry is already apparent. As, sinee the summer of i5w). The number of sea-lions present in the bays and rivers has been maeh less than formerly. Apparently the number killed by the patrol was greatly augmented by the number killed by the fishermen themselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.