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Chronicle (Levin), 30 November 1946, Page 5

Tlie National Research Council laboratories at the University of ' British Columbia are busy with- tlie tusk of finding wavs and means of making lish nets last longer in B.O. coastal waters. If successful, the project mav result in a saving of.an estimated 2,800,000 dollars spent annually bv fishermen for tlieir mets. Gill nets, for example, cost some 300 dollars and last only one season — about. 40 days. Oue due being investigated is the fact that nets decav three times as fast near the mouth of the Fraser River as in some other coastal waters. The, scientists hope to find a preservative which also will help the nets retain their eolonr, so fish will see them less easiiv, and at the aame time stiffen them -to facilitate easier handling.