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When George Poveromo goes fishing, he doesn't fool around. Entering precise coordinates into the computerized navigation system of his 26-ft. sport- fishing boat, the Miami-based writer speeds directly toward a favorite haunt, a stretch of the Atlantic three miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale. When the computer beeps to tell him he is approaching the spot, Poveromo flicks on a bread-box-size electronic instrument, his "fish finder." By sending sound waves into the water, the machine, operating much like a radar device, probes for objects beneath the surface. The findings are recorded by a stylus that moves...
...already have too much. In the late 1970s, several conservation- minde d states considered restrictions on fish finders, although no bills were ever signed into law. Now even some of the fishermen think measures to protect fish stocks may be needed. "The odds have almost become too lopsided," concedes Poveromo. "In three or four years, there may be no fish." One idea: limits on the number and kind of saltwater fish that can be taken on a single day, similar to the regulations states now set for catching freshwater species...
...hottest-selling angler's aids are electronic depth sounders like the one Poveromo used to locate his amberjack. Similar systems have been employed by commercial fishermen since World War II. But like VCRs, fish finders have jumped in sales as their prices have plunged, to as little as $99 for the simplest units. Today some 20 manufacturers turn out more than 200 sounders designed for freshwater and salt water. One of the largest, Alabama-based Humminbird, has doubled its sales during the past four years, to more than $50 million in 1987. Its chief rival, Lowrance Electronics of Tulsa...
...Sentenced to life imprisonment with him were Accomplices Amleto Poveromo and Giuseppe Viola (still at large). Two others were acquitted, two "absolved...
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