New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-15

A Talk WITH 4 FISH-DEALER.

FISH SCARCE AND DFAR-IyJURY TO LOCAL FISH
ERIEs BY BAY POLLUTION.
ais this a good season for fish II asked
TRIBUNE reporter OF L c. Blackford the other day,
NO. it Isn remarked that ainisbo nsh dealer 40 ne
smoothed the belly Of very large trout; an faet MS
very bad Fish scarce and very high Here
An order that I've Just received from OF the big
hotels at Long Branch load Of fish, Seaside hotels
usually rely local fishermen who set their nrs and
traps in front hote TO supply them with hsh and
when Il ey send Ysw-York for fish you may depend
upon Il fish not plentiful"
what Is most eaten nowf
~The pompano seems TO be the fayorfte."
"Aro there no shadf"
mot q shad. They left us in the lurch Last week.
The Spanish mackerel Is here for few weeks and
will re main until the hotels close. Occasionally blue
nsh disturhs the serenity of the ice-bor but only oc-
casionally. They scarcer than wart-hogs ana
much more expensive. Mr.. Conrad Jourdan eanEht
seventeen biuesh OF Long Beach last sunday-bcfore
church service began"
ia the market glutted with clamsi
.Cams Al Q plentiful and full OF meat this year. They
have kicked the oyster OF his bed and are mo
nopollzing everything"
- How about the blushing l0bsterf y
~Lobsters s~e rarsr bluensh and much more
EXPENSIVE They sell for 20 pound when you Can
get them TO sell
Here's cheerful thing TO send man." continued
Mr. Blackford as he showed the reporter small card
oouu box covered with postage stamps aud directions.
-What is ~ asked the reporter
sI got note from the postmaster yesterday saying
there was some unavailable matter for me at the once
which I could have by calling for IL; 10 called" A.
he the story he cautiously opened tne box ADO
showed hdeous looking animal thai reseinpied III III
asnse tselle more than anything else. 80
at Is a ncantis shrimp sAtd MI blacxioro' tne
seward Hotel Brighton found on the neach III
front Of hotel and sent to me- Its not Ire Iueni
visitor shores and never found any where In
any great quantity
"Is IL good 10 eat"
.Well i wouldn't be afraid 20 cat f. II II had come
earlier we would have had 1t at the ichthyophagons Ciup
Has ANYTHING been TO stop the pollution Of thu
waters OF The bay sudee acd asked the reporter
Cultural TO send 10 every member OF
the New Jersey and Newfork Legislatures circular
CONTAINING the resolutions OF the association touching
mat pou The resolution calls for special legislation on
the matter Something ought to be done rs soon ~
posslble. I'm going To Albany on Friday, ana ex-
pect put shot into the Governor on thal snplecs
iust 10 see how IL catches him. Every once In while
get aground Ia harecr sud IFS Gil on ac-
count of gradual shoang Of the waters OF the bay
from the dumping OF refuse IN II from mud TINS
refuse has destroyed the holsters that used TO he found
IN the harbor in great quantities II has driven them
cate No doubt OF tho causes nj the decrease OF
shsd In Hudson 10 the Dumping OF refuse In tee
waters No respectable shad wants TO wade through
lot of sudge acid Many complaints were made carry
Ia the about the shad caught IN the ycnty ot
Staten Island. They had kerosene faint that vas
that used 10 he caught Mt Rockswuy The acid frcn,
Barren Island has destroyed toe clam fisheries ana
oyster beds there and II has also driven nearly al OF
the shrimp out Of the bay.