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fisheries, by promoting the formation of libraries, aquaria, 

 and schools for studying the science of ichthyology and fish- 

 culture, and by the formation of a library and museum, 

 and by holding meetings for the discussion of subjects 

 connected with fish, fisheries, and fishermen." Again, "by 

 encouraging and rewarding fishermen and others, to assist 

 in carrying out investigations and observations on the 

 temperatures of the sea, spawning-grounds, food, habits, 

 migrations, and enemies of all marine fish ; by collect- 

 ing and tabulating information on the effects and various 

 modes of fish capture in lakes, rivers, estuaries and seas, 

 and by suggesting remedies for those modes which have 

 proved to be injurious." Those objects, he must say, were 

 identical with the objects of the society proposed by Mr. 

 Fryer, and it appeared to him he had not treated the 

 association with the courtesy which might be expected. 

 If he thought the walls of the association were not 

 sufficiently large, he was quite sure the council would have 

 listened to any proposition he might have made for an en- 

 largement of its objects and the increase of the benefit they 

 hoped to confer on the fisheries. Mr. Fryer had alluded 

 to the great increase of the herrings caught on the coast of 

 Scotland, and there was no doubt in that he was perfectly 

 correct, but it appeared to him they ought to have statistics, 

 not simply of the number of fish brought into harbour, but 

 also of the increase of those vessels on the fishing-grounds, 

 and the improved methods of catching fish now practised, 

 together with the new system of transport. All these things 

 tended to greatly increase the number caught as shown in 

 the statistics. Again, Mr. Fryer alluded to the trawl 

 fisheries. He could only say that many times he had seen the 

 trawl net brought into the vessel containing a fearful number 

 not only of spawn of food fishes, but of immature fish. 

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