FOREIGN AND COLONIAL FISHERIES 267 



Sweden 



Central Fishery Administration in Sweden is undertaken by the 

 Department of Agriculture, an assistant secretary being in charg'e 

 of the fisheries. Apart from headquarters, the chief officials are 

 Fiskeri-Intendants (fishery inspectors), of whom there are six, one 

 for each fishery district. These fishery inspectors must have had a 

 scientific training ; apparently ignorance of the subject which one 

 administers is not considered essential in Sweden. A candidate 

 for the post of Fiskeri-Intendant must have passed for a licentiate 

 in philosophy in the mathematical and natural science section, 

 and have obtained certificates in botany and zoology. He must 

 also have served for five years as Fiskeri- Assistant. The duties 

 of the fishery inspector are thus defined in the Royal Ordinance 

 creating the post : — 



" To seek by all means to promote the development of the 

 fisheries, and accordingly to place himself in communication with 

 the local rural economy association and its executive committee ; 

 to bring proposals before the suitable persons in the district for 

 taking means for improving the industry by affording its members, 

 upon their request, information, counsel and reports ; to try and 

 promote the foimation of fishery associations under the control of 

 the Department of Agriculture ; to conduct investigations in and 

 prepare descriptions of the fishing-grounds in the district ; to 

 promote fish hatcheries and the propagation of fish in the lakes 

 and channels, while geneially preserving and improving the various 

 species of fish ; to try and check the extirpation of fish by their 

 enemies or by pollution of the water or by other means ; to con- 

 tribute towards the preparation of exact fishery statistics ; and 

 upon request to furnish authorities with assistance in the way of 

 information and advice on fishery questions."^ 



The British Empire 



INDIA 



There is no central fishery administration in India. The fishery 

 interests are a concern of the separate provinces, and the import- 

 ance of the fisheries varies immensely. In Burma, Bengal and 

 Madras there are important sea fisheries, unquestionably capable 

 of considerable devtlopment. The provinces of Bengal, Bihar 

 and Orissa are at present tmited for fishery investigation and 

 administration ; the fishery department being under the control 



1 See also a monthly journal, the Svensk Fiskeritidsknjt, published at Stockholm, 

 and also a fortnightly paper, the Fiskerierna, published at Goteborg. 



