Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1917 — World’s Biggest Fish Net. [ARTICLE]

World’s Biggest Fish Net.

The largest fish net In the world will soon be in use in these waters, says the Avalon Islander. It Is 8,400 feet long, 300 feet deep and has five purselike pockets made of a two-inch re-enforced mesh. Two 80-foot tugs and a fleet of small boats will accompany net. The equipment will cost almost SIOO,OOO to fish for three months. What chance for its life will any fish have with such a net combing the channel day and night?