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related to the development of biological research discussed in the 

 previous paragraph. 



10. Inland pisciculture. — The Government agree with the 

 Director that this portion of the department's activities is satisfac- 

 tory and that it is perhaps the one in which the greatest immediate 

 advance is to be expected. The improvement of breed and quantity 

 of fish in small inland waters presents a problem much easier of 

 solution than the increase of sea catches, and in its nature far less 

 likely to be complicated by the conservatism of the fishing class. 

 It is in fact a question of improving the fish supply while leaving 

 the methods of fishing unaltered, while the problem of sea-fishing is 

 exactly the reverse. The weak point so far in these inland fishing 

 experiments appears to be the difficulty of obtaining an adequate 

 return to the Government for the increased fish supplies made 

 available to the villagers. It is not of course suggested that the 

 whole or the major part of the value of this increased fish supply 

 should return to the Government, but a reasonable percentage of it 

 certainly should do so. Indeed any very large extension of the 

 inland fishing activities is likely to be dependent on the Govern- 

 ment income derived from this source. So far, it is believed, 

 villagers or contractors concerned have shown a reluctance to bid 

 for the fishing privileges a much greater sum than they had been 

 accustomed to offer before the tanks were stocked. Some advance 

 is however already apparent in this respect and it is hoped that 

 attendance at sales of the departmental officers recently trained at 

 Ennore will produce a further improvement. 



11. Socio-economic section. — The Government note that there is 

 a considerable rise in the paid-up share capital of the co-operative 

 societies among fishermen and in the number of fishery village 

 schools controlled by the department. The Training Institute at 

 Calicut continues to do satisfactory work. 



(By order of the Government, Ministry of Development) 



J. M. Turing, 

 Secretary to Government. 



