In a message dated 11/16/1999 4:01:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << 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.