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concern to our people, a certain and abinidant cheap supply 

 of fish food. That Avas the objective of the " Endeavour's " 

 work during the brief period of her existence — less than six 

 years — and the foundations have been laid for what in time 

 will prove to be a flourishing and permanent industry. 



Harald Christian Dannevig was born at " Flodevig Hiso," 

 an island owned by his father, on one of the fiords of Norway, 

 near Arendal. His father, Gunnar Mathias Dannevig, was 

 the first to introduce fish culture into Norway, and the 

 Norwegian Government established the first fish hatchery 

 on his island. Harald Dannevig was thirteen years old at 

 the time, and he thus became familiar with the work from 

 childhood. He studied at the Christiania University under 

 the eminent Professor G. 0. Sars, and chose those subjects 

 most likely to be of practical value in the work of fish culture 

 and acclimatisation. In 1894 he was selected by the Fisheries 

 Board of vScotland to supervise the completion of the Marine 

 Hatcheries at Dunbar, and later on he selected the new site 

 at Aberdeen, designed the new plant, and constructed the 

 tidal spawning pond. In 1895 he was consulted by the 

 Lancashire Fisheries Board, and again designed the necessary 

 plant, and in the same year visited Italy for a similar ])urpose 

 at the invitation of the authorities. 



Still engaged in the service of the Fisheries Board of 

 Scotland, he spent a considerable portion of his time at sea 

 on fishing vessels and trawlers, investigating the various 

 methods of capture and the habits of fish life. In 1902 the 

 Agent-General for Ncav South Wales was requested to consult 

 the best authorities and obtain, as far as possible, the most 

 competent fisheries expert available. Harald Dannevig was 

 recommended and appointed. 



On his journey to Australia Mr. Dannevig conducted, with 

 unqualified success, an experiment which until then was 

 unexampled. He fitted in the between decks of an Orient 

 mail steamer two tanks in which he succeeded in bringing 

 to Sydney from England several hundred live adult plaice, 

 turbot, and other fish. He secured sufficient fish food before 

 leaving, which he kept in the freezing room of the ship. Sleeping 

 alongside the tanks he regulated, as far as practicable, the 

 temperature, and kept his charges under continual obser- 

 vation. On arrival in Sydney the fish ponds provided were 

 found to be ill-constructed and unsuitable ; a heat wave 

 occurred soon afterwards, and it became necessary to release 

 the fish in the deeper and freer waters of the sea. That 

 incident was characteristic of the man^ — patient and thorough, 

 with only one thought, his work. 



