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NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that investigations at sea practically ceased with the outbreak of war, the report of the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory for 1914 shows that much useful work was still carried on under the more restricted conditions which the war imposed. As Prof. Herdman points out in his introductory chapter, the present seems an opportunity to concentrate attention upon the cultivation of the shallower seas, and any increase of employment on the seashore or in shallow waters may be of direct and immediate advantage, both to the fishermen and to the country. “Such industries as shellfish cultivation, shrimping and prawning, whitebait and sprat fishing, if extended and exploited judiciously, will add to employment, will increase the food supplies of the country, and may lead to the establishment of permanent industries of a profitable nature.”
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Lancashire Sea-Fishery Investigations . Nature 96, 380 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096380a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096380a0