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inosqiiito curtains; there wonlj be no difficulty in regulating it; but he 

 considers it would not be of much use, as the little fisli would get into 

 the fields and die, or be eaten by l^iids, but the smallest size be jirnposes 

 for tauk-fisbing is half an inuii. If selling the fry of tish is prohibited, 

 it is surmised the catchers would eat them themselves, to the loss of the 

 fish-eatiiig community ot towns, wliilst accustomed means of livelihood 

 and food-sup])ly should not be lightly interfered with. 



20-1. Culunel Fuckle, in a report to the Chief Commissioner (July 

 „ . , „„, „ ,, 17lh, 1809), observed, respecting the lish 



Opinion of Culond Pudde. ^ i i ly i 41 t i • 1 r 1 „..^ 



market at nangaUir, tliat large-sized lisli are 

 often bought by the li^uropeau community at a dearer rate per pound than 

 butcher's meat, and that the natives buy large numbers of small carps 

 for the merest trille, amongst which are always a considerable (piantity 

 of the immature lish of a huge kind. That netting goes on all the year 

 round. Drag, wall, cast, and purse-nets of every size of mesh are used, 

 and iu some of them it is so small as to resemble a coarse mosquito 

 curtain; whilst, owing to their indiscriminate use and other poaching 

 practices, the food-supply is out of all proportion to the natural fecundity 

 of the lish. 



205. In the Naijar Division, the Bcpuiy Superinteiidenl of the Shimoga 



Bldrict reports that breeding lish and very 

 Opinions of European officials ^,,^g .^^.^ ^^^ destroyed to any great 



lu the Nayiir Uiviaiou. •' <= . . ■ £■ j 1 1 c 



extent. The mmunum size 01 tlie mesli or 

 nets is so small that even spawn of fish is taken. There are no objections 

 against prohibiting the sale of the fry of fish in the bazars. The 

 Dejmti/ Siipei-inleHdent 0/ the Chiliddrug District observes that there are 

 not many tanks or reservoirs wherein huge numbers of lish are to be 

 found, but of the few that are to be found, the fishermen as well as 

 other classes eateli indiscriminately fish of all sizes, both for home cou- 

 BUinption and for sale. Most lish are taken during the hot season, when 

 the tanks and jiools arc becoming dry : damming and draining olf the 

 water is em])loyed for this purpose. The smallest size of the mesh of the 

 nets employed is one-eighth of an inch in diameter. No dilhcultics exist 

 in regulating the minimum legal size of the meshes to be employed, but 

 does not anticipate any bcncllt following such a course; neither are 

 there any objections against iirohibiting the sale of the fry of fish in the 

 bazars. The Bcputy Snperiiitciident of the Kailuor District considers 

 that breeding fish and very young ones are dcstroj^ed to a great extent. 

 Dams are constructed across rivers and channels where the water collects, 

 and also in natural pools iu the rivers. Fishing is carried on at all times 

 during the hot weather; also in irrigated fields fine wicker baskets are 

 placed at the outlets, so as to take the smallest fish. The nets generally 

 employed have a mesh of half an inch. There appears to be no diffi- 

 culty in regulating the iiiiiunium size of the mesh of nets to be em[)loy- 

 ed in future, and one inch lietween the knots is proposed for this |)iui)ose. 

 No objection seems to exist against prohibiting the sale of the try of 

 fithes in the bazars, or forbidding the destruction of breeding fishes 

 during the first two months of the monsoon in the hilly ranges. 



206. The Dejndy Sujierintcndeiit of the Tiimkur District says, a 



great number of fish are destroyed, but the 

 Opinion ofthe Deputy Super- o„.ji,tity of breeding fish and young ones 

 luteuucut of lumkur. ' . ,1 Xi 1 ■ \ \\n 



amongst these cannot be ascertaiucu. VYlien 



