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hatching of the lobster under natural conditions. Up to the present 

 no successful attempts to rear lobsters on a large scale have been 

 made except by the Bureau ol Fisheries of the United States. In 

 Newfoundland the lobster fishermen are licensed ; and arrange- 

 ments are made for the Board to purchase all berried lobsters 

 caught by the fishermen. Since lobsters can be kept for weeks in 

 the store pots this is a feasible undertaking. The experience of the 

 Newfoundland authorities is that the berried lobster does not travel 

 far, corroborating the experience of fishery authorities on the west 

 coast of England. The berried lobsters are, therefore, " planted " 

 on areas in which for the time being the setting of lobster traps or 

 pots is prohibited. These areas are not necessarily extensive and 

 do not appear to interfere with the fishing. On these reservations 

 the lobster breeds under natural conditions. The sum of ten cents 

 was paid by the Department for every ben led lobster offered by 

 the fishermen, and 51,000 berried lobsters were so purchased and 

 placed on reserved ground in 1914. 



The Department of Marine and Fisheries issues an Annual 

 Report, that for 1914 being the seventeenth. In the Appendix 

 for that year there is a report on lobster propagation, which shoiild 

 be read by all interested in that branch of the sea fisheries. 



Union Of South Africa 



province of the cape of good hope 



A marine biological report is published for the province. Volume 

 II was the last pre-war volume, lor the year ending 30th June, 1914. 

 Published at Cape Town by the Cape Times Limited, Government 

 Printers. During the year under review the yield of the coastal 

 fisheries amounted to 116,000 cwt. ; that of the steam trawlers 

 125,000 cwt, 



Egypt 



So far as can be ascertained the of&cial Egyptian publications 

 contain no statistical or other information on the sea fisheries. ^ 

 The sea fisheries are mainly carried on by Italians who fish in small 

 sailing boats in the coastal waters. Although there is only an in- 

 considerable market in Egypt for fresh sea fish, there is a consider- 

 able sale of imported and preserved products. In 1911 the imports 

 of fish amounted to £134,615. Of this England claimed £44,382, 

 the other leading countries being Portugal, £20,265 ; Italy, £13,209 ; 

 France, £11,824 ; Norway, £10,852 ; and Spain, £9,423. 



1 Reference may, however, be made to " Report on the Edible Fishes of Lake 

 Menzaleh, their Capture and Preservation," by J. C. Mitchell. Published ? n.d. 

 Ministry of Public Instruction, 12th October, 1896. 



