New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
For PROTECTION OF FISH
ES0rts Of Aagssss IN Opposition to
o=ee.tke Jse Of Metz amd PDnadss

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Z Bat he starses ns Astaiakta's wasa yeu ash -
1zs sofs sOS and not sbutcher: try to catch an not
lSxeep enough to serve your eatn. let the surplus
seud tie unaiI ones to their raOthsrs-stSs 'sm
AR, %Ren e puiIin iii Ia Use hsAez dent be slow 70
To scSpe en- IA manner not to forfeit their re-
A nxht has broken out between the nooAs
and the nets The hooks, true to their tf@a' "a
tjonsy are on the offensive, and. as result ti-S
nets are said 20 oe badly tangled. Tne Ansisis
of the states og New-York and New-Iersey nave
declared war against the ret haheFHshs oec~-uss
they say that the nets are catching aoout Sn ee
nsh. In the long hours that they wait u EAt- 4
Tor d bite they ten of the good old times "nsh
they couldn't haul In for the weight OF tneH M
"xboppers" On their lines. There are stAA
swhoppers" but they are IN the nets.
rreiers cali themselves spoTtsmen. ana tneir
enemies ''buHcheyz" The conflict has now Uest.
carried 70 the legislative halls OF Atoany anu
Trenton, where hearing after hearing mas oeeH
given that would doubtless be interesting I" S"e
6ah- couId thsy hesr it. In the mean time tne
foolish Ssh remain Just as FOOLISH -
a--ordtnR TO veteran anglers, there are one
hunsre5 thousand amateur and professional nsh-
erYnen in this city. These figures ineluee e's.F
one that fishes. from the Waterfront Ui0"-'t
with q bent pin TO the jolly sportsman "ho
angles from his own yacht with silver reel
- ,,nl,,da thu Sunday crowds which flock to
Jamaica Bay with the first break OF morn Aho
hire = boat rod line and bait, with, perchance'
e bottle TO keen out the cold In winter or TO al
Law the heat OF summer, foF glorious oay'
~. NET men on the other hand. consist for Ins
most ra-t OF men who make business OF nsn'
Inr, of whom the independents eaten nsh hoI
the market. whereas the others. who are N tHe
emnloy Of a corporation, stretch pound nets IOF
miles ont into the ocean to convert theH ausrTs
into ell and fertilizer.
The construction of pound net Is familiar
te sill who have sailed IN the waters OF Great
South Bay or elsewhere along the south sloe Oh
Long Island. Here the fishermen build OUT
met in the form OF q fence. securely weighted
a the ho,teu Of the sea, and supported by
posts driven down at intervals and by corks IN
the rope Of its upper edge. The fence is at such
an angie that fEh striking it swim along TINS
usil-Iike obstruction till they pass into the trap
near the shore, which is like three leaf clover
sad in which the fish find themselves fast I'M
prisoDeS With the first light OF morning nsn-
ing tug will steam up to the pocket and, Dy
means OF derrick hoist its load Of hsh into itS
hold.
The anglers Of New-York who are lighting
an thoss engaged in fishing with pound nets
hold meeting every month at No. 1Oo west
ThiFty- -arst-st to map out plans Of war, to en-
courage each other in the fight and to lift their
eyes TO the future. when the waters Of New
York Harhor and its adjacent bays will again
TEEN with creatures OF the deep. The anglers
have organized themselves ss the Protective
League of Salt Water Fishermen" and they
number nearly thousand members.
c-uAicers OF the league say that the pleasure OF
the one hupdred thousand -hshermen OF this city,