Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-07-23 | Page 9 | One Fish Fed 600 Passengers

ONE ONI fiSH D PASS N RS- RS It Was 26 Feet Long 14 Feet in Circumference and Weighed About 1200 Pounds Killed Hilled by Ship NEW YORK YORK July 23 Officers Officers and passengers of the Red D line steamer Zulia Just In from Southern waters waters waters' brought to o port a good fish story It was while the steamer r was crossing the bar at near and In a narrow channel th that t the fish a huge mero was as a's encountered The steamer struck the fish and according to a passenger the steamer careened to starboard from the force of the blow For a few minutes Capt Bennett of the ther Zulia a thought the pilot t had d made d a mistake mis r i lh i gug f take and bumped int the mud in na nas s shoal water but investigation revealed a big dead fish the mero having been killed inthe In Inthe Inthe the collision with th steamer The mero is good to eat so th the prize was turned over to the captain of a Venezuelan Venezuelan Venezuelan Ven Ven- sloop who towed toed to ed it to San Carlos The mero measured 26 feet In length 14 feet In circumference and weighed about 1200 pounds On his arrival a temporary market was established and the fish sold told at 20 cents Venezuelan money a slice Some idea of the size of the fish can be obtained when it Is said that the whole population of San Carlos Canoe all told dined sumptuously on mero that day According to Director Spencer of the aquarium the mero mero merd is a food fish allied to the grouper and called by the Spaniards Spaniards Span Span- f r eM Mero ul de rio lo 10 Alta ta ali It af attains I a large size and is found In Southern waters sometimes es off the coast of Florida