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Abstract

A DEPARTMENTAL committee (consisting of Mr. Angus Sutherland, C.B., chairman, Mr. J. E. Sutherland, M.P., Mr. H. M. Conacher, Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, and Mr. J. Moffatt) has been appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into and report upon the character and national importance of the inshore and deep-sea fisheries of Norway and other countries engaged in the North Sea fisheries, and the efforts made for the development of the fishing and fish-curing industry in all its branches, including (1) the systems of fishery, administration, including the constitution and function of the local committees formed for this purpose in Norway and of any similar organisations in the other countries; (2) the facilities provided for research and for educating and training those engaged in these industries, by the establishment of technical schools, museums, laboratories, classes, or other special facilities; (3) the nature of the various means of capture employed and the methods (including any use of State credit) by which fishermen obtain the necessary capital to maintain the efficiency of their vessels and equipment; and to report in regard to each of the foregoing matters whether it would be advisable for similar action to be taken, with or without modifications, in the case of the Scottish fishing industry, and, if so, what means should be adopted.