Fisheries Exhibition Literature. Vol Iv.

Fisheries Exhibition Literature. Vol Iv.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... PRACTICAL FISHERMEN'S CONGRESS, COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: DESTRUCTION OF IMMATURE FISH. HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION. BETTER MEANS FOR PREVENTION OF LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA. RAILWAY RATES. FISHING VESSELS LIGHTS. VOL. IV, CONTENTS. Conference On October 26 37 27 ... 356 PRACTICAL FISHERMEN'S CONGRESS. Friday, October 26, 1883. Edward Birkbeck, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The Chairman said he had great pleasure in opening the Practical Fishermen's Conferences, and on behalf of the Executive Committee, of himself, and the public, he thought he might say that no greater interest could possibly have arisen in connection with these conferences than the final ones, which were to be discussed, as he hoped, by practical fishermen themselves. The subjects placed on the agenda were all matters of vital importance to the fishing interest, and to the public at large, and he proposed to take them in the order in which they appeared. The first was as to the destruction of immature fish; the second, harbour accommodation; the third, better means for prevention of loss of life at sea; the fourth, railway rates; and an additional one had just been sent in, namely, the question of fishing vessels' lights. All those were matters of very great interest, and he was quite sure that when the time came for all the unique collections, which would be published by the executive committee, of all the discussions which had taken place, together with the essays and the handbooks which would be printed, that the Practical Fishermen's Congress would form a most interesting and important addition to that work. He had now great pleasure in opening the question of the destruction of immature fish. It was a subject which had already been discussed to a great extent by various authorities, some o...

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