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the head of Fish Protection and Fisli Prodnction, akhough I 

 suppose any other title would do as well. We are all, of course, 

 deeply interested in the question of producing the greatest possi- 

 ble number of the more valuable species, and we are all honestly 

 and conscientiously endeavoring, I take it, to do all we can to 

 bring about that result. No doubt there are some who will d"s- 

 sent from some of the opinions that I hold on some of these ques- 

 tions. I will only say that my conclusions are not hastily formed. 

 They are the result of sixteen or seventeen years of practical ex- 

 perience. 



