Author : Francisco Garcia Sola
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ISBN 13 : 9781332002405
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Book Synopsis The Basis for Legislation on Fishery Questions (Classic Reprint) by : Francisco Garcia Sola
Download or read book The Basis for Legislation on Fishery Questions (Classic Reprint) written by Francisco Garcia Sola and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Basis for Legislation on Fishery Questions Such an obvious argument as this needs no confirmation, but if any such confirmation were needed, we might cite what has occurred on the north-west coasts of Spain, where, until the beginning of the present century, so great was the quantity of oysters in the beds that they were sold at four cuartos, or a little more than one penny per hundred, while the present price averages 12 pesetas or 9s. 7d. for the same quantity. Even if we take into account the small consumption at that time, owing to defective means of communication, this circumstance is insufficient to explain the enormous difference just mentioned, which points clearly to the complete exhaustion of the beds. With regard to species which lead a more or less migratory existence, there cannot be the least doubt that if man had complete control over the area occupied by each, the same principle of more fish being caught than could be reproduced would lead to exhaustion likewise; what has to be determined is, how far man has such control in a given locality. The old fishermen of the Mediterranean relate that they remember having seen in their boyhood, species which they do not see now, but we need not attach any great importance to such a statement, until we have the means of ascertaining whether the fish have gone out to deep waters, but if there should be no communication between two seas, and they were really exhausted under certain conditions, this fact would of itself prove the theory of exhaustion just propounded. The case is, however, different with the ocean, the immensity of which makes extermination About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
