The Basis for Legislation on Fishery Questions (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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When we speak of the depletion, or complete exhaustion of fisheries, it must be understood that these terms are not used in an absolute sense, but only so far as they affect the supply for the use of mankind, or, in other words, the output of the industry. The quantity of fish may be diminished in two ways, in the one case, when the catch exceeds the reproduction, and in the other, when the fish are frightened away from the haunts of the fishermen. I quite agree with the views so often expressed as to the difficulties which have hitherto stood in the way of a proper study of the life and habits of the inhabitants of the sea, which is the only thing that would conduce to an early solution of the problem but the experience gained from ascertained facts concerning fisheries, throws enough light to induce a conclusion, in any rational mind, in one or the other direction.

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