82 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



SUMMARY OF THE WORK AT PIEL. 

 By Andrew Scott, A.L.S. 



I. Classes at Piel. 



In view of the difficulty in getting suitable men, no 

 classes for fishermen were held in the spring of 1916. The 

 majority of the deep-sea fishermen are engaged on Government 

 work. The few that are left to carry on fishing operations 

 would probably not have been able to find substitutes to take 

 their places on board ship, and so allow them to get away. 

 Many of the inshore men have gone into the large shipbuilding 

 and other works in their districts. 



We have had occasional visits from members of the 

 crews of mine-sweepers whose duty brought them into this 

 harbour. The men were either former members of the classes 

 or had heard about them from those who had been present. 

 The men who had not been students expressed the hope that 

 the biology and navigation work would be resumed when 

 circumstances again became favourable, and that they would 

 have an opportunity to attend. 



One of the points some of these visitors were anxious to 

 have cleared up was whether the time spent mine-sweeping, &c, 

 would count when entering for their trawling certificates. 

 I happened to be writing to Captain Thornber at the time 

 and brought the matter before him. He replied that the 

 Board of Trade had decided that the time spent by fishermen 

 in any of His Majesty's Services afloat or ashore, and even 

 in the armies, would be regarded as sea time when filling up 

 the application forms for examination. This information 

 was forwarded to the addresses left by the men and duly 

 acknowledged. 



