54 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA \ 



culture has been progressing for ages, 

 aquiculture is only in its infancy. Given 

 the impetus of a world for many years 

 faced with an acute food shortage, it is 

 more than probable that, by discovery 

 and invention, the resources of the seas 

 will some day be harnessed to the 

 service of mankind. There is no reason 

 why the quantity of fish landed should 

 not be greater than the quantity of 

 cattle pastured and fed in this country 

 at great expense. Our fish supply 

 could be made greater than our meat 

 supply, and the nation would profit 

 physically, mentally, and economically 

 by the change. 



Voluntary, and perhaps compulsory, 

 rationing of bread and meat will continue 

 for some years after the war ; every ounce 

 of fish consumed will take the place of an 

 ounce of bread or meat. With scarcity 

 of other foods there will surely be a huge 

 demand for fish to make up the supply. 

 If nations are to dip into this reservoir 

 with consideration only for their own 

 immediate requirements, immature fish 

 will be taken and a disregard for the 



