PREFATORY NOTE TO THE 

 SECOND EDITION. 



IN bringing before the public a second Edition of the 

 " HARVEST OF THE SEA," I think it right to say that even 

 if no new issue had been requisite I would have still con- 

 sidered that the book had fulfilled its purpose, as much greater 

 attention has been paid to all questions of fishery economy, 

 since its publication, than was before devoted to the subject, 

 either by the general public or public journalists, and to the 

 latter I owe grateful thanks for their cordial reception of the 

 work. Some important corrections have been made in this 

 new edition, and so far as I know the " Harvest of the Sea'' 

 is the only work in which an attempt has been made to bring 

 before the public, in one view, the present position and future 

 prospects of the food fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 which are yearly becoming of greater importance as con- 

 tributories to the national commissariat. 



It is not my intention, however, to inflict upon the reader 

 a formal preface, but it is proper that I should acknowledge 

 the aid and information kindly afforded by the Emperor of 

 the French, and various members of the French Government ; 



