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Show Fish Easily Negotiate Climb Held Impossible Dow high can a fish climb? This is a question which lovers of angling have often argued and debated. Many experts have declared that 50 feet is the maximum for a fish to climb by means of a natural lisliway. The Canadian government's department de-partment of fisheries Is authority for the statement that fish In the Mersey river are climbing a fishway 59 feet high. The official statement in part states: "Some big industrial works have been under consideration on the Mersey in recent months and, in compliance com-pliance with the fisheries laws, a fish-way fish-way became necessary so that fish might be able to make thier way up the river unhindered. There were skeptics who doubted that fish would be able to climb any such height as 59 feet unless 'elevators' such as are used In connection with some fish-ways fish-ways were Included In the plans, ftecent reports from fisheries officers offi-cers on the ground, however, have been to the effect that the natural fishway Is working most successfully and the fish are making the climb up river without difficulty." |