The Commissioners of Fisheries were appointed under the Fisheries Act 1889 to superintend the management and protection of all the fisheries in the colony including shell fish, crustaceans, seals and all other fish. Part of the function had previously been undertaken by the superintendent & inspector of fish in the Chief Secretary's Department. After about 1895 the Commissioners became financially self-supporting but continued to depend on the police force for enforcing their regulations.;;;;The Commission they constituted was abolished under the Fisheries Act 1925 which separated inland and sea fisheries into the Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Commission and the Sea Fisheries Board respectively.