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The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
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Dr. William W. Peet, recently returned from Turkey, reports 80 varieties of edible fish in the Bosporus. In normal times, wagonloads were sold cheaply in Constantinople, but now prices are ten times higher due to a shortage of fishermen, not fewer fish.
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Dr. William W. Peet, who recently returned to the United States from Turkey, says that there are 80 varieties of edible fish in the Bosporus.
During normal times great wagonloads of these fish were carried through Constantinople. A fish 20 inches long often sold for the equivalent of five cents. The poor were thus able to obtain food for very little money. Today a similar fish is sold for ten times the usual price. "This is not because there are fewer fish in the Bosporus," said Doctor Peet, "but because there is no longer an adequate supply of fishermen."
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prices of fish now ten times higher due to shortage of fishermen
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Dr. William W. Peet reports 80 varieties of edible fish in the Bosporus. In normal times, great wagonloads were carried through Constantinople, with a 20-inch fish selling for five cents, allowing the poor cheap food. Today, similar fish sell for ten times the price, not due to fewer fish but lack of fishermen.