90 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



nected therewith should be an experimental plant for research along 

 economic chemical lines for the investigation of the utilization of fishery 

 wastes. I believe much of this ofifal contains from eight to fifteen per 

 cent of oil and up to 60 per cent of protein, both valuable comniodities 

 in the economy of this couiitry. 



Sixth : Would it not be of considerable value to the administration 

 of .fisheries in this country if there were a non-political organization, 

 such as a Canadian Fisheries Society formed on the lines of the An?eri- 

 can Fisheries Society, the Japanese Fisheries Society, or the Salmon 

 and Trout Association of England? 



Seventh : The formation of a central school of instruction, which, 

 I believe, was recommended by the International Fisheries Commission, 

 would be extremely valuable, in order that the Government executive 

 staff might be able to gain instruction in such subjects as fisheries law, 

 applied zoology, botany, chemistry, fisheries technology with labora- 

 tory work and practice, elementary embryology and bacteriology, the 

 use of the microscope and other allied subjects. 



Eighth: Would it not assist conservation if there were an inde- 

 pendent act of Pa:rliament framed, such as a Fisheries Pollution Act, 

 under which fisheries departments could protect their interests apart 

 from the machinery of the public health acts? 



Ninth : Would it not be well to enact legislation making all per- 

 sons obstructing the free passage of water obtain a license from the 

 provincial fisheries department? 



With these remarks I will terminate my address, but in doing so, 

 must apologize for saying much that has been said before. My 

 excuse for repetition is the old one, that if you hit a nail often, how- 

 ever lightly, it will eventually be driven home. Though I have made 

 ichthyology a life study, I am still a student, for the more I learn 

 about fishes, the more there is still in front of me to learn. 



Hon. O. T. DaniEi,s: I am moved to say that I have been im- 

 mensely charmed by these excellent papers to which I have listened" 

 in relation to this subject- The practical side is the question of how 

 the information should be carried to the fishermen. I suppose that is 

 a work to be carriied out by the Department of Fisheries and these 

 excellent men who have addressed us, or some of them. I presume they 

 are devoting themselves to that subject, how to carry the information 

 to the fishermen in the different provinces of Canada. 



