The New York herald., 1922-09-17
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I've fros1 rs-ns 70 time. and espectelly
s,ss Last sew sgeess read articles ees sc 20
ara Eupg,o,..as ms ssssa ~, s.svsss 5ss sssrs
trayfesS oe not nara uae spawn ~ t0ee
f,xb gn1 rnaf tho .rGc3srs syt Iecss4'ts
70 sgprly Iss s's5se, ~ -, - sereScr Sc. germ
fhs real ard psr11pert tsctr N rns SreGnss-t.
aul / c1nnct bsiieva ths vr5t~rs q -
rI.sIendlra stateraeDts can honestly cam
~ ID frssndg q angierr. ana they CO
A. ssey7 r7leir writings srs fllec W.
s.a-u or the euaisr, olsckrnsEeins ens bss
srsls-s gho ar striving - create ccnHi-
raosf that VIII make sngtny WORT 49,, -.
III fact. 3 wsvso seem orits n~-nites -. -.
motive ar a secret interest I, theS srs1Lit
ssssnss or fhs trarfsrs, which ar 70 svin-
Gus q ~ proPssetion q e,ir tco. iisn. -.
shss sbey stiorp. to ride their is.ntig
behind such nom Dc plurnns as ssf.tcn -
~ ,,sersh,, IN oreanizations Of fiFherr.ea
fear such organizations have traitor IN
their camp.
Now here are . few cold and unrefutabie
fsos. sr a soos 70 ss M 'ss" =. ali Know are
years ago. and as the trswiers have In
creased n numbers 80 the food fish have
The trawiers 40 tear and rip up the sub
marine Frnss and the such that the spawn
OF food fish are attached TO. They do rake
and .crape the bottom where spawn Is DE-
poelted: they DO gather IN much OF the float
Ing sgsgn. thereby smasnins ano s,bcy in
anything and everything they may. They
sweep across our iniets. tbsreby preventing
an esss.s say. % fsn sns nsors xnd When The
travis and pound nets do make . big hsui Az,
does the public get the benefit Of y; 10 hs ne
.sn e less yu. %.rs:s * sIs' sns retail T
nSSu, ms"v ti:h Il Of Of each each :or. n season. i
fish il would impair the sale OF the others"
why I have seen big hauls ef fish cone II "
that were taken by these trawiers sno oi.rea
And the fish spoiled were lost. 70 the public
while these same sort OF fish we're y
cents cent "a po.ns Up pa.r,rast,ee y s pes soes on
SO Il n any wonder that the 10000 20 2oooo
or more anglers hsreahoutr that 20 out 70
with not only empty bags--but lee the truth
about S ,yiS two or three fish TO . man. why one
bisckfish bns IN win first prizeS among crowd
OF sixty-three anglers. And there VIII os
. plenty OF my fellow anglers tnst can ,es,iIy 81 E
that their average catch IL seldom but very
Few. and often none at all, This. notwith..
stsndins the, ! fear. inflated .repor'S OF
srss e.ssnss sna ss
,ns eurrnsr months there 10 an AVERAGE Of
10 600 anglers IN this locality that 90 angling
rexuiarIy. and that thers is st least as much
~ sos 90 spent each week In this sport dur
ins the season BY these same anglers.
Now which have the better claim 70 be
favored by legislation. these 10000 citizen
anglers or the few devil a care trawlers.
many Of which arc said not TO be natur-
aiixed7
Our organized association OF anglers does
not desire and is not attempting to drive
tho commercial fishermen out OF business,
but II does wish such laws enacted that viii
prevent the destruction Of spawn and fry OF
our food fish. and the preservation OF tho
sport 10 these large Number of citizen anglers
that have claim and q rtght 70 b heard.