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DETAILS of the marine biological research carried out by the Ceylon Government are contained in the Administration Report of the Government Marine Biologist for 1926. (Part 4: Education, Science, and Art (F), by Dr. Joseph Pearson. Pp. F29. Colombo: Government Record Office. 65 cents.) In this report there is an account by Mr. A. H. Malpas, the assistant marine biologist, on the present state of the pearl oyster, the window-pane oyster, and the chank (a gastropod, Turbinella pyrum, Linn.) fisheries. It would appear that there is no likelihood of a large pearl oyster fishery for at least four years, whereas an experimental fishery on the lines advocated by Dr. J. Pearson, the marine biologist, may be held in 1928. The essence of the new system is the elimination of the sale of oysters to the public, by which means all the pearls would come into the hands of the Government.
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Marine Biology in Ceylonese Waters. Nature 121, 261–262 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121261a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121261a0