Though a fishery failure would once have seemed inconceivable, Baird wrote in his report, “an alarming decrease of the shore-fisheries has been thoroughly established by my own investigations, as well as by evidence of those whose testimony was taken.”
Хотя падение рыбного промысла казалось невозможным, Бэрд написал в своем докладе: "В ходе моих исследований и показаний свидетелей было установлено тревожное уменьшение прибережных рыбных хозяйств".