SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 95 



SUMMARY OF THE WORK AT PTEL. 



By Andrew Scott. 

 Glasses at Piel. 



After an interval of five years, the classes in Navigation 

 and Marine Biology for fishermen were resumed in the spring 

 of 1920. The counter-attraction of high wages compared with 

 the value of the Studentships kept the steam-trawler men at 

 sea. Only the inshore men — the mussellers, cocklers, shrimpers, 

 etc.— applied for enrolment. Three classes were held between 

 23rd February and 20th April. The second class began 

 immediately after the first class ended. There was an interval 

 of about a month between the second and third classes. Most 

 of the men had been on various kinds of active service during 

 the war. 



Mr. R. J. Daniel, B.Sc, had charge of the teaching work, 

 taking both the Navigation and Biology Courses. Dr. James 

 Johnstone, who had carried on the Biology Course from the 

 initiation of the scheme for educating the fishermen in the 

 life-histories of economic marine animals, had entered upon his 

 duties in the Oceanography Department at Liverpool University 

 and was unable to be present until the last class. 



The students in the first class were all Morecambe men. 

 Those in the second class were selected from Morecambe, 

 Fleetwood, Blackpool and Southport. The third class was 

 again entirely composed of Morecambe fishermen. The 

 Studentships for the Blackpool and Southport men were pro- 

 vided by their own Education Authorities. The Education Com- 

 mittee of the Lancashire County Council provided all the others. 



The following are the names of the men who attended the 

 classes : — 



23rd February to 5th March. — Edward Baxter, John 

 Baxter, R. Baxter, Rd. Baxter, William Baxter, James Swam, 

 Amos Willacy, H. Willacy, Reuben Willacy, Daniel Woodhouse, 

 F. Woodhouse and James Woodhouse — all from Morecambe. 



