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hatcheries. It is evidently a confession to that effect, else they have 
no excuse for existence. But the little they can do is I fear totally 
out of proportion to the immense area which has to be supplied. 
It will have to be combined with some action which will reduce in 
some degree the immense destruction of fish, spawning or about to 
spawn, in the early months of the year. 
We can afford to wait to see what statistics have to say in the 
next few years, and what experiments such as we are conducting 
disclose. The danger is, perhaps, not an immediate one, and as 
soon as it is imminent the remedy will be found. 
