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have opportunities of learning and realising the truth in 

 regard to the habits and life-histories of food fishes, and 

 the inter-relations of animals in the sea, as it is that the 

 fisherman himself should be instructed in such matters. 



In addition to public lectures, the establishment in 

 each sea-fisheries district of a technical museum, or collec- 

 tion illustrating the local fish and fisheries, showing the 

 spawn and other stages in the life-history of the various 

 fishes, their foods, their parasites, their diseases, and so 

 forth, is an important method by which an educated public 

 opinion upon Fishery questions can be formed. Such a 

 collection would also be available for consultation on 

 detailed points by fishermen, fish-salesmen, fishery officers, 

 and members of Sea-Fisheries Committees in the district ; 

 and would probably be of interest to fisheries experts 

 from other parts of the country and from abroad who 

 may desire information as to our local industries and the 

 conditions under which they are carried on. 



W. A. Hekdman. 



July, 1896. 



Januaey, 1897 : — This Catalogue is now reprinted, 

 with some additions and corrections, for the use of the 

 Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committee. 



W. A. H. 



