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MALAYAN FISEES, 



tings, like flawers, and are so f^ovm in the Philippines, mid there 

 axe yet other marine ^jrowths which can be enltivated jn the ^^ardens 



<if the )>t>a- 



Few countries have tJie potential fislier}' advatita^rea tiiat we 

 posEie:4s and havo iie;jle<itecJ hithert<i. 



(hir pOi^itiori hettttTU tlu' Iinlian Ociuui and thv t'hljiti Sen is 

 iimqiie and not tniJy gives us actens to au lui limited areft for deep 

 sea Ji^hin;^. but also account* tor the large nnmljer of s[K!('ies of fi&h. 



From Kuala Perlts on the We^t to Kuala Tahar on the East 

 we have a tliou^and miles ot eoa^t Hue; more than sonic nationa 



As to the vital Lmport*nce of fish in the diet of all dwellerB 

 m this tropical country there h no question: m tti the existence 

 ■of an euoruioiis area of potential tiifhiiif!; *frouiidii there can he no 

 dispute, and as to the lar^e variety and ^ood edible quality of our 

 fish there is anrple proof. Can we dou'ht therefore, ivith the ex- 

 perience of other eoiintrierf to j;uide us, and wliile rememhering 

 that the economic stabiUty of every eouiitry depends on the jirioe 

 of the peoples* food, that our fic?h pries are ca-pahle of enormous ex- 

 pansion and can we douht that an enlightened policy of exploitation 

 and regulation comhined with conatant scientific investigation will 

 render the Fisheriea one of the great et^onomie aeseta of Malaya ? 



