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The fish they catch aren't as big as they used to be, say fishermen Stan Cooper, left, and his brother, Leonard, of Gosport, displaying their morning (...)
The fish they catch aren't as big as they used to be, say fishermen Stan Cooper, left, and his brother, Leonard, of Gosport, displaying their morning (...)

The fish they catch aren't as big as they used to be, say fishermen Stan Cooper, left, and his brother, Leonard, of Gosport, displaying their morning (...)

Date5/28/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: The fish they catch aren't as big as they used to be; say fishermen Stan Cooper; left; and his brother; Leonard; of Gosport; displaying their morning catch of carp. Stan and other Lake Ontario fishermen are caught in a struggle to survive as industrial pollution in the Great Lakes threatens to end commercial fishing in several areas.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006954F
Hauling in $100 worth of fish a day is necessary to make the work worthwhile, says Doug Mummery as he inspects a catch of smelt and shad he and his br(...)
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2/11/1972
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On patrol: Sophisticated trawlers like the Leonard S, owned by Henry Misner, patrols Lake Erie to catch smelt
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Sweet catch. Joan Ellenor of Oshawa used a marsh-mallow as bait to catch this 42-pound salmon near Duffins Creek, Pickering. Husband Neal hoists the Chinook
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Fishermen Auger for good luck, A judge in striped vest sprints with canada's Dave Morton, above, to his choice of lucky hole in the ice while Finland'(...)
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Fishermen, left, try their luck at Beaver River in Thornbury
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