smallest notion of my intention to deal with this subject : 

 and, although he may be said to have " taken the wind out of 

 my sails " when he uttered the words I have just quoted, 

 I have the gratification of feeling that, whether we take 

 different courses, or sail all the time in company, we are 

 both bound for the same port, and that my little barque is 

 sailing under the same flag as his good ship. I trust that 

 before I sit down I may have been enabled to induce 

 many other vessels to join the squadron. 



Before discussing how a " National Fisheries Society " 

 can be formed, we must consider what such a body would 

 have to do. 



The interests involved in that word " Fisheries " are very 

 many and very vast. First, we have the fish, properly so- 

 called, and other marine animals, the capture of which is 

 included in the term " fisheries " : their varieties : their food : 

 their habits : their habitat : their friends : their enemies. 

 Next, we have man in his relation to the destruction of fish : 

 his various appliances for their capture : their transport : 

 their sale : and their preparation for food and other purposes. 

 This branch of the subject directly affects the important 

 industries of boat-building and fitting ; net-making ; hook- 

 making ; and the questions of market accommodation and 

 communication between producer and consumer. Then 

 there come the questions of the protection of- fish, and the 

 desirability or otherwise of taking direct measures for their 

 multiplication ; of the maintenance of order among those 

 engaged in the industry ; and of their welfare — moral and 

 physical — both at sea and ashore. Last, but not least, 

 have to be considered the large array of industries and 

 interests indirectly affecting, or affected by, the fisheries, 

 such as the manufacturing, milling, mining, agricultural, and 

 navigation interests ; the question of drainage as touching 



