Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-05
FISHERMEN GET
BIG CATCHES At
SEWERS OUTLET
Polluted Waters Teen With
Fish Which are Easily Taken,
and Then Sold at Markets

Local fishermen, mostly Hawaiian
and Japanese. have discovered a
splendid place for netting their prey.
at the end of the city sewer where il
empties into the harbor.
Each morning" says DR.. William
F. James of the quarantine station,
"as look out across the harbor to
where the sewage empties, / see a
fine little group of boats, most of them
canoes, circled about the vicinity
where the city sewer empties, and
though | do not know for sure. take
it for granted that they must be fish
ing there
The waters at the sewers end, and
at broken place in the pipe where it
crosses the reef, are said fairly to
swarm with fish, and from the state
ments of local persons who have
find little difficulty in scooping up
great quantities of them.
Sure, / guess plenty fish there,
said an inspector at the fish market.
Somebody tell me no pilikia to catch
with net" The inspector added, how
ever, that he had never found any
outward evidence of such fish in the
ones that come unedr his work at the
market.
Officials at the board of health de-
partment say that no restriction is
placed upon the harbor fishing what
ever, except in case of some con-
tagious disease which seems likely to
spread, then the whole waterfront out
as far as Diamond Head can be placed
under restriction. These men were
not inclined to think that there was
danger of disease from the fish taken
at the sewer outlet. but they shrugged
their shoulders at thought of 1t.
The idea,' said one, "is not pleas
ant one to entertain. before meal,
at least Clifford Charlock, inspector
at the board of health department,
says he has heard that the sewer Is
broken where 1t crosses the reef, and
that this place probably furnishes good
grounds for fishing also. Mr.. Char
lock is of the opinion, and other mem
bers of the department bear him out
in it, that the sewer was never ex-
tended far enough out into the water
beyond the reef.
"The original specifications. says
Mr.. Charlock, '.were that the sewer
should be placed in water so feet deep
where it opened into the harbor, but
owing to lack of funds the speciacas
lions were never carried out
Apparently there is no process by
which the taking of fish from the sew
age polluted waters can be prohibited,
unless public opinion against the Gus
tom becomes strong enough to bring
it about Most authorities on the sub
ject who have been asked in regard
to it, think the chances of actual con-
tagion from such method are very
small.
Some kinds of meat, and some
kinds of fish, are especially likely to
carry disease germs and convey them
to persons eating the meat or fish for
food. The oyster is said to be a car
rier of typhoid germs, and because of
this physicians and hospital attend
ants are always careful in the choice
of oysters fed to patients.
The city of San Diego, California,
few years ago had a problem of sew
age-fed fish, the fish there being sar
dimes which were canned whole and
shipped all over the world Public
opinion in this case, it is said. put
stop to fishing on the sewage grounds.