Excerpt from Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland, January, 1884
It would be a waste of wo’rds’ for us to say anything in rela tion to the value and importance of our fish supply to the people of the state, rich and poor. To the rich they are luxuries, to the poor they are a necessity. Our fish markets ‘are famous; and with the exception of our staple products, we venture to say that there is no source of revenue so great, and at-the same time so general, to the people of this state, as the fish from its waters afford. It has long been an indus try in Maryland, and is the only one in our knowledge with ‘out adequate protection; but about the laws regulating the catching of fish we shall have more to say in em conclusion.
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