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immense fishing ground, where a bounteous supply of adult shrimp 

 always exist with almost endless possibilities for the future of the 

 shrimp industry. The disadvantages of the trawl must not be 

 overlooked, however, for at certain seasons of the year when small 

 shrimp are abundant in inside waters, and when they are traveling 

 through the bayous, they can be destroyed in considerable quan- 

 tities by selfish fishermen. This fault however is not inherent in 

 the device itself as shrimp show a natural tendency to separate 

 themselves into schools of uniform sized individuals, and when 

 seines and trawls operate side by side the average size of the shrimp 

 caught is always identically the same. 



As mentioned before, the Department of Conservation of 

 Louisiana is making a thorough investigation of the situation with 

 a view to correcting all wasteful practices by proper legislation 

 and the time is coming when the shrimp industry will expand 

 as it never has before, in such a way that the maximum yield 

 possible will always be produced annually and yet be preserved 

 in that state for all time to come. 



