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THE report on the scientific fishery investigations - carried out under the auspices of the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries District Committee during the year 1921, which is edited by Prof. James Johnstone, the honorary director of the scientific work, is characterised by the extremely cautious way in which it has been drawn up. While the absence of very definite conclusions must to some extent be a matter for regret, it has to be admitted that the amount of evidence collected, though very extensive when considered in the aggregate, is still insufficient to make any other course possible for a highly-trained and critical mind. Like so much of the valuable fishery work which has been accomplished during the last twenty or thirty years, these investigations have tended to show how exceedingly complex the problems may become, and how difficult it is to get together data sufficiently varied in character and in sufficient quantities to provide material for their solution. The investigations do, however, afford clear indications of the lines upon which future research should proceed and make it certain that many of the questions discussed may be answered in the future, if the necessary facilities can be provided on an adequate scale.
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Fishery Research in Lancashire. Nature 111, 517 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111517a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111517a0