In a message dated 11/16/1999 4:01:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< We don't need nets and
 fish hooks to catch fish, and certainly not to get shellfish, fish roe, tiny
new fish,
 etc.  I recall Hans reporting he caught a fish with his hands and ate it
alive not too
 long ago. >>
There is evidence that fish were caught in China by placing brances of
marijuana plants in small ponds that were then dammed off and this slowed the
fish down. This evidence was archeological.