Surely the exhibition had done a great work in offering a 

 prize for the best net for the prevention of this great 

 disaster. Undoubtedly among the large number of the 

 pleuronectidic family there were a great many solca niinnta, 

 but at the same time there were a vast number of common 

 soles both in the embryo and immature state, and something 

 ought to be done to put a stop to this destruction. He 

 hoped Mr. Fryer would pardon him the remarks he had 

 made, but he was sorry he had proposed this new associa- 

 tion, and would have much rather he had brought forward 

 some scheme whereby the National Fish Culture Associa- 

 tion would have been enlarged and improved. 



Mr. MarstuN said it was unnecessary for him to add 

 anything with regard to the position of the National Fish 

 Culture Association, but with regard to trawling he should 

 like to ask a question or two. There were two sides to this 

 question, they often heard that trawlers did no harm what- 

 ever, but if such was the case the question often occurred to 

 him why was it that year after year the fishermen had to go 

 farther away to catch the fish. It was quite possible there 

 were a quantity of fish in the ocean which could not be 

 exhausted, but it was also possible they might be beyond 

 the reach of the markets, and if so it was practically useless. 

 He should like to ask also with regard to the proposed 

 society whether Mr. Fryer had not the idea in his mind 

 that the National Fish Culture Association might be in- 

 creased in some way to cover the field he desired. 



Mr. WiLMUT said the subject of a National Fishery 

 Society was a very important one, and one which should 

 have been taken up by this country many years ago. Had 

 that been done there would not have been the present 

 outcry about the want of fish, for it would have brought 

 such force to bear on the Legislature as to cause it to 



