Show atlantic smelt schools in great lakes give many fishermen a serious problem the presence if t lio lie atlantic smelt in enormous sili throughout tile northern pint pait of lale lake michigan Is giving tile the commercial operators a serious problem the fish have increased to to such nn all extent that hint they are arc proving a nuisance rather than a berie benefit fit to the 1111 ermen writes albert stoll jr in the detroit nen nc s at one time tillie shortly after they put in their appearance in 1021 it na tarts e ax pecked float they oulie be become coille nil all added addled fishing resource of the great lakes they ore acre easy to take during their spawning season till any ally kind of a net but hall hail nut not yet invaded tile deeper waters voters where tile commercial fishermen operate today many gill net fishermen have been forced to haul in their gear and abandon fishing until tit the smelt disappear from their best grounds willie while tile the mesh of tile the gill ricas used is sufficiently large to the species to escape through tt ebbing the large numbers malgrat ing to and front from tile the fishing grounds are responsible for tons becoming entangled led in the alie nets by their teeth tit this s results result s in the lie necessity of hauling I 1 in n the nets anil and clearing them of dealt dead smelt aliel I 1 for it seems to ile be impossible for other oilier fish fis to become enmeshed in tile hie smelt clogged twine tile the result Is that hint fishermen spend practically all of their time taking dead solicit smelt out of their nets and making no cat clies elies of other more desirable species it does nut not pay IMY tile commercial aih ermen to re retries trieNe the alie because the macket price 13 1 3 so low that operations would be conducted at a loss the control of tile the smelt Is becoming ag it a aeilous sei loiis problem for the commercial rolling experts of tile the great lales ills dis it is more than likely to over the more valuable food fishes found in these waters aters |