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...Investigation. He will be 76 on New Year's Day, but the prickly views on everything from his former bosses to the "jackals of the press," the frank prejudices, the devotion to the bureau pour forth with undiminished vigor. On the wall of his office is a mounted sailfish whose staring eyes are as steely as the chiefs own. There Hoover discussed a variety of topics with TIME Correspondent Dean Fischer. Excerpts from the interview...
Hitchhiking Barnacles. A California ornithologist and mammalogist, Author Orr describes the quirks and patterns of migration that scientists have brought to light, mostly during the past quarter-century. He notes that barnacles hitchhike to new climes by attaching themselves to whales, sailfish and ships' bottoms. Like some commuters who are forced to transfer from train to bus or taxi, Adélie penguins migrate using an integrated transport system. They toddle across the bleak Antarctic icecap on foot, swim in the icy sea and cruise lazily on drifting ice floes...
...long ago, most game-fish anglers favored lines testing at 80 to 130 lbs. of pressure before they would break, heavy, inch-thick rods, and big 9/0 to 12/0 reels almost powerful enough to winch in a whale. But after a fisherman had caught his first dozen sailfish, and heaved enough tuna on the deck to keep the family in sandwiches for years, what sport was there left in the game? What was left was to match the tackle to the fish-and watch his smoke. The 70-lb. white marlin that died like a guppy...
...eight years, only 164 anglers around the world have qualified for the Ten-to-One Club. Notable among them is Florida's Stu Apte, 37, a Pan American pilot and professional fisherman on the side, who qualified with an 82-lb. Pacific sailfish on threadlike 5-lb. test. In Australia, the Sydney Game Fishing Club has just started a Fifteen-to-One Club, and President John S. Quill says: "In the past year, a dozen fishermen would have qualified...
...Delicacy. By Western standards, sailfish and marlin are practically inedible. Even the Japanese can think of nothing better to do with the coarse oily sailfish than grind it up into fish sausages. But marlin is considered a delicacy in meat-short Japan, where it is served fried or raw-garnished with soy sauce and horseradish to make a dish called sashimi...