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of the fisheries for those species most in popular favor, which, when 

 accompanied by neglect or waste of other edible but less-favored 

 kinds, results in a general depletion, with the result that the more 

 highly esteemed fishes rise in price beyond the purchasing reach of 

 the majority, who are forced to seek cheaper fish food, only to find 

 that there is not enough remaining to supply the demand. This un- 

 satisfied demand affects the price of the so-called inferior fish, and it, 

 in turn or in consequence, also moves upward. The writer is radical 

 enough to beheve that there is not an edible fish that swims that 

 should not be conserved. The people of these United States are 

 going to need them sooner or later if they do not already. 



It may be added that, as a rule, native species are naturally the 

 easiest to conserve, and indiscriminate stocking of waters with new 

 kinds is not to be recommended. The Bibhcal injunction about new 

 cloth and old garments or new wine and old bottles is appHcable to 

 waters and fishes. 



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