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the surplus should be condemned and 

 destroyed. It is the duty of the State to 

 prevent this occurring. 



There will be another outlet for enormous 

 supplies ; . when quantities are too great 

 the more inferior qualities can be con- 

 centrated into fish-meal as food for cattle : 

 the higher prices of meat, which are likely 

 to be maintained for a number of years 

 following the war, will give a great impetus 

 to the demand for fish-meal. The intro- 

 duction of filleting, a process whereby the 

 best parts of the fish are used for human 

 consumption and the inferior parts for 

 concentration into cattle food, has made a 

 big difference to prices on a heavy supply, 

 and the fishermen's fear of an overloaded 

 market is a thing of the past, at least in 

 all our large fishing ports ; in the smaller 

 centres there are not these channels to 

 drain off the' surplus supplies. It would 

 be an advantage if as much as possible 

 of the inedible parts of fish, such as the 

 heads, bones, skins, etc., could be cut away 

 before the food was sent inland : the 

 expense of carriage would be halved ; 

 the waste products, which have a high 



