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market size  Experiments in this regard as well as in various ways might be 
commenced already, so that we may be fully prepared to carry the matter further 
if necessary, as we might even be obliged once again to completely close the banks 
as in the years 1887—1890. The stock on the natural banks especially should 
not be over-taxed without full preparation and knowingly. It must be the care 
of the person who is entrusted in future with the superintendence of the Lim Fjord 
banks to follow the course of things from year to year, so that he may be prepared 
in good time to meet all difficulties arising from a future severe fishery. Changes 
in the natural conditions might of course place insurmountable difficulties in the 
way; the closing of the Thyborøn Channel alone would destroy all oyster life in 
the fjord. Such an expert should be well aware of the responsibility, which may 
arise from fishing too little and from fishing too much of the stock. 
Accurate knowledge of the fjord and of the oyster fisheries as a whole, as 
also of the experience won in foreign countries should be required of him and 
his responsibility may be great enough even with this knowledge. Only by making 
continued biological investigations will he be able to justify his acceptance of the 
post. The early history has shown very clearly what the lack of sufficient inves- 
tigations leads to, both for the State and the public. 
