MEN AND FISH
WINDOW IN THE SEA, by Ralph Nading Hill; Victor Gollancz, English price 18/-. TROUT AND TROUT WATERS, by Lancelot Peart; Allen and Unwin, English price 12/6. WO voices are here, one is of the sea (as you might say)-and of the two there is no doubt that Mr Hill’s is the more likely to hold the attention of the general reader. The story he tells is that of the creation of the Marine Studios in Florida, a project of typically American dimensions which led to the establishment of the~first "oceanarium" for the study of marine animals under something like natural conditions. If money had not been available in quantities to match the scale of the enterprise (C. V. Whitney was one of the early backers) Mr Hill’s story might have been at times more dramatic, but the pioneers did encounter enough difficulties of other kinds to make their story an interesting one. One critical problem, strangely enough, was how to keep sharks alive once they were captured. Sharks, too, were the subject of an important, and successful, wartime project carried out by the oceanarium scientists-to discover an effective shark repellent. But for New Zealanders who have sentimental recollections of Opo or Pelorus Jack, the best of Window in the Sea will be those chapters which describe the capture, care and training of the dolphins which have become the star attractions of the Marine Studios.
Mr Peart’s book is addressed: not primarily to trout fishermen, but to those who own or control trout waters, or waters capable of being developed as trout fisheries (for private profit). It is therefore unlikely to be directly useful to the ordinary New Zealand angler, or for that matter to add materially to the knowledge of fishery management already possessed by the professionalsfield staff and scientists-whose concern it is in this country, But in its way the book can be read as an Awful Warning. When riparian rights fall into private hands the poor fisherman might as well take to surfcasting. Rousseau, who was an enthusiastic stamper-down of fences, had the word for it; "Le pro-
prietaire, vOila Fennemil
J.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 13
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358MEN AND FISH New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 13
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