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recognition and of personal interest. The educators, as fishers of men, 

 must use some suitable bait and it must take the form of something the 

 fishermen can see as being directly for their good, something in the 

 nature of a practical demonstration, which will win their interest and 

 secure their acceptance. It must also have as its spirit something they 

 can feel as touching their interests, the prospects for their children 

 and their future welfare. In brief, it must be carried forward for them 

 by enthusiastic young men who believe they have in that field of service 

 a mission worth while, a great cause to advance. 



Fisheries ^^ ^^^ learn a good deal from what other countries 



Schools in have done. The Netherlands luive eight schools for 



Other Countries fishermen and two school ships. The classes are 

 attended by young lads from ten or twelve years of age and by men 

 who have had years of experience at their jobs. France has eight spe- 

 cial schools for fishermen and courses on fisheries and fish culture in 

 four hundred elementary schools around its coasts. England has fifteen 

 schools for fishermen, whose courses are chiefly directed to provide 

 instruction in navigation and the handling of the gear of fishing boats. 

 The institution at Piel* near Barrow-in-Furness, provides special short 

 courses for selected fishermen. Each course lasts for a fortnight and 

 the Education Committees of the County Councils grant $25 to each 

 fisherman who attends. Such men, when they go back to their locali- 

 ties, become centres of influence and enlightenment among their fellows. 

 A somewhat similar course is provided in Scotland in one or two cen- 

 tres. Selected fishermen attend such courses for one week only. They 

 receive a scholarship, sufficient to pay their travelling expenses, and $5. 

 They also exercise a very direct and helpful influence in the fishing 

 community when they return. Japan leads all other nations in the pro- 

 vision it has made for the training of this class of its people. It has two 



* " In the Biology course each man is supplied with a good student's micro- 

 scope, having coarse and fine adjustments and J^ in. and J4 '"• objectives, a 

 hand magnifying glass, scalpels, scissors, dissecting needles, glass slides and 

 cover-glasses. The material for investigation and instruction is supplied by the 

 laboratory in a fresh state. It consists of the economic food fishes and shell- 

 fish. An account of their life histories, food and habits is given and illustrated 

 from preparations and live material. Living fish eggs, showing the changes in 

 development during incubation from day to day, are examined under the micro- 

 scope. Lantern demonstrations giving a resume of the work are given at the 

 end of each week. The course lasts a fortnight with five hours' daily instruc- 

 tion. 



" The Navigation course for trawlers is pretty much the same as the work 

 required by the mate of a deep-sea vessel — chart work, rule of the road, lights, 

 signals, sextant and compass, laying down courses, etc. In combined Naviga- 

 tion and Biology we give 2% hours to Biology and 3 or 4 hours to Navigation, 

 daily." — Extract from letter from Mr. Andrew Scott, Marine Laboratory, Piel. 



See also Appendix IV. 



