United States Department of the Interior 

 Oscar Lo Chapmanj Secretary 

 Pish and Wildlife Service 

 Albert Mo Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report = Fisheries 

 Noo 13 



THE RATIONAL EXPLOI lA. TION OF THE SEA 

 FISHERIES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO 

 THE FISH STOCK OF THE NORTH SEA 

 By 

 Dro Go Po Bae rends 

 Biologist of the Netherlands Institute for Fishery Research 

 PAPER NO o 36 OF THE DEPARMENT OF FISHERIES 

 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERY AND FOOD SUPPLY 

 The Bague, Netherlands, July 1947 



Translated from the Dutch by? 



JAN HAHN, 

 Woods Hole J, Massachusetts 



Edited bys 



HOWARD A S CHUCK, 

 Fishery Biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Woods Hole, Massachusetts 



