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TWILLINGATE, Feby. 1, 1936. tWhere’s Consistency? 1Of late tbere has been talk that \ the netting of seals should be pro- t hibited. One Reader has occupied ! some space in our present issue, t and touches on a few points aProhibiting the catching of seals t by nets is not reasonable, when ‘ people, seeking a means of living, e have been allowed to do so all down t the years. The only point rased is for the safeguard of the main * herd. Netting of seals has not t depleted the seal herd, although 1 premature young—the unborn harp s seal—has been taken in nets What t has brought down the number of c seals in our waters is the wholesale t destruction of old seals at the a icefields by the guns of ship's crews, besides the loss of panned young a harps piled up by one ships crew ' sufficient to load two ships, and j that never reached the shore but 8 went to the sharks.Many features of the sea! hunt 0 Bre quite in order, but the maiming 1 of old Beals by ship's men, ordered s to shoot old seals at the Ice, is caused by the travel of a bullet * amongst many seals after the one aimed at has been killed. That, by experienced men, has been told repeatedly and they say that they have seen thousands of wounded seals craw! into the water and must have died and sunk.One experienced steamer seal killer, in Twillingate states that one way to increase the seal herd would be to prohibit the carrying cf guns in sealing ships,It is not often that such a catch of seals is experienced as that occurring of late and many of the seals netted has been one and two year old bedlamers.It is considered that men this season, who have been unfortunate at the cod fishery (not that they haven't caught their quota of fish), have been helped greatly by the netting and shooting of seals.Not even a law ordering the mother harp, or hood, seal.to steer clear of netting gear would work out satisfactorily for the preservation of the seal herd. Perhaps there is another formula ?CaptainB of sealing vessels in the 80 s foretold what would happec once steam was introduced.Slob ice was reported from our Long Point Keepers on Thursday, after the snow bl /c.-i t had cleared up. In tl e night it looked as if winter had com® on the m as we’l as on land. The wind has been fop two days ab ut north north east. Nets that were hauled on Thursday bad no seals, the mammals evidently making off to escape the ice jam.St is said upwards cf 5000 old and bedlamer seals have been lauded to-date. Many nets have been knit and those who could, not get twine worked salmon nets/and cod trap leaders to satisfaction.Herring schools being followed by seals were responsible for many fishermen getting a chance at the voyage in the north this season. Herring have been so plentiful that rrien have gotten some by caplin cist nets, . . -' J
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Twillingate Sun
Twillingate, Newfoundland, CA
Sat, Feb 01, 1936
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