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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
7
The passage laments the possible extinction of the shad and other food fishes driven by human overkill. It questions whether the United States government through the Bureau of Fisheries will act to protect these gifts of nature or allow profit to override conservation.
The article details a 50 percent drop in shad catches from 1897 to 1901 and ongoing declines to 1910, blamed on overfishing and nets blocking spawning grounds. It praises the Bureau of Fisheries for artificial propagation, egg collection, and fry releases, noting substantial state and federal programs to rebuild shad populations along the Atlantic coast and beyond.
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