170 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



most economical and efficient means of 

 enlarging our food supply, and the food 

 shortage is going to give our fisheries the 

 attention which they now so much need. 

 The development of the fishing grounds 

 of the North Sea and North Atlantic 

 should in future come from the interior 

 of Britain, The demand for an article is 

 the stimulus to its production. When 

 people find that a plentiful supply of fish 

 is a much greater necessity than a plentiful 

 supply of "drink or tobacco, they will be 

 prepared to spend more on what will be 

 an important food in times of reduced 

 harvests. Europe has the wolf at the 

 door. The people of England must ac- 

 custom themselves to a greater use of fish, 

 not as an occasional luxury, but as a 

 daily diet. Since the outbreak of war 

 the quantity of fish landed has greatly 

 diminished ; the reduction amounts to 

 four million tons. This quantity and its 

 increase is left on the ocean fishing banks 

 and is as safe there as the cattle in our 

 pastures. When peace comes and the 

 trawlers resume their peace-time occupation , 

 they will immediately commence to fish up 



