The New York herald., 1922-09-17
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s,,ss IRON tSrrt 70 zine. and especially
th1 LAST sew weese. read articles esSsscsae
slrd xupposssaE ths htaSa tsov.srz. 80
traSfess 90 noI asEps uas spastn ot tees
f,sb an1 tha1 the trEw3ers are . LsceSs1t3
tO 6rprly yhe n'srket W.. ,fh. -.
shs real snd psrninent fsetr ~ ths ryexnss-t
gnd 1 cAnnos baiieve The wrItere q 49,
ErsleadinB ataiernepts can honss5y clssiil ~
r. IL friends % angirru ana u they 90
srs yhry7 r7ieir writings ara thlsc WI
s!arx or tie ensisr, bleckgcsrdtns enc ee.
s,ttsias re soess sstSr's y = Create so5as-
rsoSs thxs VII make saglng woffh ~h.as
ia fact 81 wcuac seera or1ts r$nifest tbSI
these ssne svtacEf Scst nsrs s9sn- ss s,s,.,s
0essnse or the traafsrs, which ar 70 Tui'.
eus r. sale rropagasfon of ssr FOOT fish. bcsh
sisy sac inslTsey ,as !, I ,neir r. .s.ssy os5
behind such ncrr DO plumes as sw.' ~ ~
Reel and IAN Angler" And II they cam
r,enisership IN orsanizations Of fhhsrnsa =
Now here are . few cold and unrefutsble
facts ae to the beam trawiers:
,cope. ore 'eoa eomparea pared to the catches Of ,sw
years ago. and az the trawlers have IN
creased IN numbers so the food fish have
The trawiers DO tear and rip up the sub
marine grass and the such that the spawn
OF food fish are attached to. They 40 rake
ana scrape the bottom where spawn IS de-
porited: they do gather IN much OF the float
lng spawn. thereby smashing and destroying
H. Their wide and ugly mouths gather IN
rweep scroes our inlets. thereby preventing
an egrcss Of fish and soaring them awsS
from our bays and shores. hnd wnen tns
travis and pound nets do make big haul
does the public get the benefit Of e: in the
tasens No; Jus, ask any rs retail ..os, dealer q
nvvr, rnsuv ss.n 81 each sort In season. II ]
should put In an extra quantity o. low prlceo !,
f,sh & you'd ,gasg, Biz ne s.sla s Of fsh i'm eoms in
that were taken by these trawiers and offered
10 dealers at 3 cents q pound and no takers.
And hs s.h ss0sd sert %srs u sGs' fish % %ers Is
cents n pound up In the retail market. ana
rtilI the wanfon devtructfon goes on. -
30 IL n amy wonder that the 10000 70 1000
or mere snrlers hereabouts that 20 out 10
angle by decent methods have 70 come home
with not only empty bags--but iet the truth
ssout az ~" sso or three fish 70 a man. why one
DAY this season ! saw q little micrope ot
hiackfish win first prizeS among CROWD
n plenty OF my fellow anglers that can TESTIFY
that their average catch is seldom but vcry
few. and often none at AZ; Inis. r,s nvsw''n, .,
n IL conservetivciy estimated that during
enc suu,rnsr months there 10 an average OF
10 600 anglers In this locality that 50 angling
regularly, and that there is st least as nucn
a. S25 90 spent each week In this sport dur
ing 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 care trawiers.
many OF which arc said not 70 be natur-
aiized7
Our organized association Of anglers does
not desire and Is not attempting 70 drive
the 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 the
sport TO tfese large number OF citizen anglers
that have @ claim and right % b heard.