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Show Paget Sound Fish Roundup ' . . . . . ! ' ..'I S . . !! Picture', ;-JTSv',V , ; Parade , ; - 8 ;! , fN WASHINGTON'S Puget Sound, fishermen catch salmon by cowboy tactics, building a "fence" around them and reducing the size of their corral until the salmon can be lifted out of the seine Into the boat or tender. Nineteen hundred feet of net are strung over the side, held up by" cork floats, kept down by lead weights. Going in a circle about 575 feet in diameter, the net soon encloses a school of salmon. The bottom of the net is closed by drawing the purse line which operates just like the string of a purse. Soon the net will be drawn in, bringing its cargo of fresh salmon. Here is a closeup ol taking in the net. The man in the foreground is handling the purse line, which is usually drawn in by steam power because be-cause of its tremendous weight. Thus modern steam winches have greatly increased the speed of fishing, enabling boats to surround and capture a school of salmon in quick order. I- to m 'i i Here the salmon are being brailed aboard with a net Once aboard the boat, the salmon are rushed to the cannery or transferred to a cannery can-nery tender which carries thousands of the silvery fish to plants located on the shores of Puget Sound. Less than 24 hours later the fish are in cans, cooked, labeled and ready for shipment to your corner grocery. Puget Sound's delicious salmon are not taken in excessive numbers. Fishermen Fish-ermen and the government co-operate to restrict each annual catch. ' X I ? " ' ; t k ., " v f The grand finale takes place on your own dining room table. Here's a delicious gift of the sea, steamed salmon .pudding, one of the attractive attrac-tive new dishes which add nourishing protein, deep sea minerals and vitamins to your diet. i i ' ' r - i - I |