The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-15
E. o. THOMPSON,
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They nnd tho Anglers AGREE 90 DO what
ThrX Lnn 90 Hroieel Nonat EIsherles.

| Tb.y ,pd the Anglers Agree 20 DO what
| Thry Gun 20 Protect Coast Fisheries.
There may have been some doubt as TO
| whether the anglers or tho professionals got
| the better Of tho argument on Wednesday as
| TO whether or not our food fish wero decreas-
| ing. but there was no doubt yesterday morn
! ing as TO which side came out OF the banquet
that followed the discussion with fewer losses.
The Convention had adjourned until 10 o'clock
| yesterday morning and At that hour the mem
haden mon and tho pound fishers turned up
| almost to man. Some Of them looked biz
| panied and hay but they were ready to re-
spond " Aye aye. sir at the call Of the Chair
man. The amateur fisherman or, no the pro.
| fessionals call them. the dude rod-and-reel"
men, came struggling in somewhatlate What.
ever its other effects upon those who attended
II. the dinner seems to have brought about q
more peaceful feeling between the two fac.
tons a fact that was apparent at yesterdays
session. They vera ready to come together on
some compromise.
The menhaden and pound fishermen had
very complete hearing OF their side OF the case
on Wednesday. and yesterday the anglers pro.
duced their orators. The main argument u
the menhadcn and pound men was that the
migratory habits of fish account for their
scarcity. and that the contrvances that are
used to CAPTURE them have nothing to do with
ro se snG IKE
men yesterday claimed that the game and
tlood iish on our coast are steadily decreasing.
The cheapness OF capturing them, they
claimed, did not lessen the price at which they
were sold in the market, for this was kept UP BY
e%and dust " GfaESr for one so onED years .ns
Itsh Commissioner OF Connecticut, and IA
river. snid that the Commissioners had de-
cided not to stock the Connecticut, So many
there now that he didn't think it was worth
dminutl9n Of the weakGsh in Tartan Bay
curing the past twenty years. He believed
way be restricted. and and that In rivers pounds
should he prohibited; In his opinion II the
. YAK h 0f salm ya at Its present rat:
almost exterminated
s oatt ion proyidng that no pounds should be
and that no menhadon nets should be used In
SS that f tGe Of The SSss
tSati0ns' 'i should de,ermno what meas.
uTes ought e be taken to protect the fish:
questions, put to tho pound fishers that
while fishing on large scale had undoubtedly
New York mark ct were actually higher. John
a, nSth9S zen representing the New Jersey
this was true but he said it was not the fault
George y. Hiss OF Rhode Island again called
attention to tho pollution Of rivers and bays
along the coast aud said that IL il were not Tor
this artificial propagation might succeed.
Mr. Gcthens. Mr.. Bliss. j. T. Church Luther
Maddox Of Maine. AMI j. NJ Southwick. after
adiscussion OF the proposed remedies and the
alleged decrease Of food fish. practically
agreed that II the right kind OF a commission
were appointed to investigate tho subject good
might come OF 1t. 1t was suggested that It
one sportsman. and one man Who Was
not directly Interested in tho subject.
me pound men were willing, II IL should he
proved cOnclusively that their operations as
now carried on We're decreasing the supply Of
food fish, 10 restrict them In certain ways and
to limit the time in which they should be car
Tled on. They were also willing to pledge
Their active aid in behalf OF any movement
thnt might tend TO Increase the supply Of food
nsh and did not unroasonably ham peI them.
- This was satisfactory conclusion, and tho
convention adjourned The further stops In
he matter will probably be taken by the Fish