HARALD CHRISTIAN DANNEVIG, 



DIRECTOR. 



ana the Work and Loss of the F.I.S. " Endeavour. " 



" There dwells a wife by the Northern Gate, 

 And a wealthy wife is she ; 

 She breeds a breed o' rovui' men 

 And casts them oversea." — Kipling. 



On 2Uth Xovember, 1914. the Fisheries investigation ship 

 left Hobait for Macquarie Island. She arrived there on 1st 

 December, and, after a delay of two days occasioned by bad 

 weather, fulfilled her mission of relieving an operator at the 

 Wireless Station. She started on her retm'n journey on 3rd 

 December. 



A brief view by the solitary officers stationed at the island 

 of the staunch little ship as she disappeared into the sea mists, 

 a terrific gale two days later, and that. ])erhaps, is all we 

 shall ever know of the end of oiu- friend, Harald Dannevig, 

 who, in his kno\\iedge of the mysteries of the sea knew no 

 superior ; of Captain Pirn, a capable navigator, whose pre- 

 vious career in tropical seas knew every resource of defence 

 from storm or danger ; and of a good and true ship's 

 company. The sea has taken toll, and the " Endeavour's " 

 work is finished. 



In years to come that work will be appreciated at its 

 propel' value. No more capable man could have been chosen 

 to direct it than Haralcl C-hristian Dannevig, who combined 

 a knowledge of the habits and of the life of fish, acquired 

 from childhood, with the enthusiasm of one who loved his 

 profession and lived almost solely for it. Out in all weather, 

 in storm and sunshine, when he could have readily directed 

 the work from a comfortable office on shore, his one thought 

 and ambition was to succeed in bringing home to the )uany 

 doubting minds in Australia that there is a rich reserve of 

 food supply in the fisheries of our coast, simply waiting to 

 be harvested. 



From the coast of Queensland to those of ^^"estern AustraUa 

 a great portion of the sea-bed has been explored, and extensive 

 areas suitable for trawling and rich in food fishes have been 

 surveyed and charted. There is no monopoly of the sea- 

 bed ; there are no fences. It waits for enterprise and 

 industry ; and with care and reasonably good nuxnagement 

 must yield profit to the harvester and. what is of greater 



