State Lines
The Fish Conservation Conference called by Secretary of Commerce Hoover (TIME, May 18) brought together at Washington the representatives of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast states. Mr. Hoover placed a problem before them and they promptly asked him to aid in its solution.
He presented facts:
"Fish do not recognize state lines and no one state can give of its own action adequate protection to any single one of our Atlantic Coast species.
"Thirty years ago, the annual take of shad in the states from Georgia to New York was over 50,000,000 pounds...
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