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These two are so much bound up together that over net fishing 

 must necessarily and improperly reduce the number of spawning fish, 

 and thus injure the rivers which, by furnishing the spawning grounds, 

 are the geese* that lay the golden eggs. Kill the geese and you get no 

 more eggs of gold. Treat the rivers unfairly, either by pollution or 

 by over-netting, and not only will the net fishing industry suffer, but 

 the general public also, for salmon will rise to famine price. 



