CHAPTER XV 



DIFFICULTIES AND REMEDIES 



Inevitable and unforeseen difficulties arose in 

 connection with the fish supply of the country as a 

 result of the war, these obstacles relating not only 

 to the vast fishing industry itself but also to the 

 means of distribution and regulation of prices. 



Early steps were taken to remedy the drawbacks, 

 and amongst other bodies there came into existence 

 a special committee, the object of which was to take 

 measures for increasing the supply of fish and aug- 

 menting the methods of capture. The name of this 

 body was The Fish Food Committee, the chairman 

 of which was Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, M.P., and a 

 prominent member was Mr. Henry G. Maurice, one 

 of the assistant secretaries of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries. 



The work of the Fish Food Committee was in 

 some important respects a continuation of the opera- 

 tions which had been successfully conducted for 

 some years, under the chairmanship of Mr. Harms- 

 worth, with the object of developing the fishing 

 industry by means of small sailing vessels in which 

 motor engines had been installed. 



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