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practical result is, that many of the best-known 

 rivers, such as the Codroy arid Harry's Brook, 

 are overfished. 



All the rivers on the west coast are very 

 accessible to the angler from the United States, 

 and suffer most from overcrowding. I met 

 an English angler who had been fishing the 

 Codroy; he said it was one continual struggle 

 as to who would get on to the water first. I 

 heard the same story at the south-east arm, 

 Placentia. The Government absolutely re- 

 fuses to lease a river or even to limit the number 

 of rods, and I think this policy is entirely 

 wrong. 



In practice one may decide on a season in 

 Newfoundland. Having carefully selected a 

 somewhat inaccessible river and made all one's 

 arrangements for camping out, it would cer- 

 tainly be disappointing on arrival to find two 

 or three other parties settled on the river and 

 one's trip spoiled, yet this is quite possible. 

 I was told in St. John's, no Government would 

 dare to change the existing law and the policy 

 of the open door in fishing. This I cannot 

 understand, for what has been done in Canada, 

 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia can surely 

 be done in Newfoundland. 



The application of the law is carried to the 

 extreme. An official of the Fishery Board 



