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mendation in regard to laboratories for the three coasts, 

 have, it will be observed, made "use, so far as possible, of 

 existing institutions, and propose to enlist the services of 

 men who are already carrying on sea-fisheries 

 investigations. 



(4) Vessels. — Each of the three coasts, it is proposed, 

 should have a research or surveying steamer of the type 

 of a modem steam trawler, specially fitted up for 

 scientific investigations, and carrying on its work in con- 

 nection with the laboratory of that coast. In the article 

 which follows this will be found a scheme of investigation 

 showing how such a vessel could be employed on the 

 West coast. 



(5) Central Authority. — The Ichthyological Commit- 

 tee recommend the formation of a " Fishery Council for 

 England," consisting of representatives of («) the Board 

 of Trade, (b) the local Sea-Fisheries Authorities of the 

 three coasts, and (c) the scientific men in charge of the 

 three marine laboratories. This Fishery Council would 

 be, to some extent, analogous to the Fisheiy Board for 

 Scotland, but more suitable in other respects to England, 

 where strictly local fisheries are more common than in 

 Scotland, and where local needs have to be more closely 

 studied. The Council would, it is hoped, be so represen- 

 tative as to unite the various fisheries interests and ensure 

 the co-operation of the difierent organisations, local and 

 central, now working at fishery problems. It is suggested 

 that the Fishery Council should meet monthly or 

 quarterly, as occasion may require, at the Board of Trade, 

 to formulate and control schemes of investigation, to 

 receive reports on work done on the three coasts, and co- 

 relate observations, to recommend the allocation of grants 

 to the laboratories, and, generally, to report to Govern- 

 ment, through the Board of Trade, on the needs and 



