IN A FISHING COUNTRY 



saw nothing larger than the pounder of the 

 first afternoon. Whatever the average 

 weight of the fish may once have been, this 

 lake, like innumerable others, now carries 

 fivefold the number (at a fifth of the size) 

 that an angler would desire. Ridded of 

 the surplus in some legitimate manner, the 

 fishing would soon be vastly improved. 

 To destroy what cannot be used being out 

 of the question, is the situation without 

 remedy? Why should it not be commer- 

 cially possible to market this ungathered 

 crop which renews itself perpetually? The 

 potting of charr is an industry in England; 

 fresh-caught trout, cooked with bacon and 

 tinned, would find a ready sale. Thou- 

 sands of lakes are under the disadvantage 

 (from the angler's point of view) of being 

 overstocked with a delicacy for which 

 there is an endless demand. It only re- 

 mains to establish contact with the con- 

 sumer. Instead of there being a discrep- 

 ancy between commerce and sport, they 

 should play into each other's hands. A 

 regular supply of fish suitable to pack 

 could only be obtained by netting, which 

 would then have to be made lawful in wa- 

 ters under license to a cannery, upon a 

 carefully thought out plan, with proper 

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