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zooi.(x;rrAT. society bui.t.etin 



tlic limiihlc dofj-tisli may be utilized in this way, 

 wlio knows? But these arc all just as good 

 tatinfi- as tlic tuna. 



What will be the eifect of the entry of com- 

 nurcial interests upon the angling situation is 

 not yet evident, but probably it will interfere 

 somewhat by reducing the number, as has so 

 often liai)j}ened with other species. However. 

 this is scarcely a sufficient reason for interfering 

 with the utiliz.'ition of a good and ample food 

 supply tiiat heretofore has been chiefly wasted. 



A r.wii: riAdiiN 



Probably S/j/n nlsinx linmhohlli 



•JOO taken in traps weighed from 500 to 800 

 pounds, and taken with the sword-tish iron. 150 

 ran 400 to 900 pounds." 



But it is not only in the realm of sport that 

 the tuna is now attracting attention. He is 

 beginning to cut a figure in commercial circles. 

 It seems to be a law of humanity that what is 

 cheap in price and plentiful in quantity is not 

 good enough for the ordinary man. Thus 

 horse-mackerel in 100-pound slabs given away 

 or sold for a few cents a )iound at most is 

 very unattracti\ c. But pack a 2-i)unce portion 

 in a can. label it TUNA in Vermillion letters 

 with a figure of a large glistening fish leaping 

 out of a turquoise sea with picturesque foreign- 

 looking shores in the background, and charge 

 an altogether unreasonable jiriee for it and it 

 becomes a tidbit. So the humble horse-mackerel 

 of the fishermen too i)oor to afl'ord am-thing 

 else has become under another name the piece 

 tie resistance of the fashionable luncheon. The 

 tuna has at last got into society ! Incidentally, 

 a number of other large members of the mack- 

 erel family. ))0()r-relatioii-liki-. are very ajit 

 to be found representing his lordship at the 

 table, for a good deal of the canned tuna is said 

 to be albaeore, little tunny, etc. Perhaps, even 



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