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Show Fish Easily Negotiate Climb Held Impossible How high can a fish climb? This is a question whicli lovers of nngling 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 lishway. The Canadian government's department de-partment of fisheries Is authority for the statement that fish In the Mersey river are climbing a fishway fSO 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, n 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. Ttecent reports from fisheries officers offi-cers on the ground, however, have been to the effect that the nntural fishway is working most successfully 'and the fish are making tlie climb up river without difficulty." |