OUR FISHERIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1788, 28 June 1913, Page 4

OUR FISHERIES.

e CANADIAN EXPERT TO REPORT. All interesting paragraph in tho Gov- v ernor's Speech is that which states that tho Government has arranged for tho Chief Administrator of tho Canadian Fisheries Department to visit Now Zealand. ' Some information on the subject was' given to a reporter last evening by tho Hon. P. M. B. Fisher (Minister for Marine). "With a view to placing tho fishing industry in New Zealand upon a better basis," lie remarked, "I have had a very elaborate report upon tho industry prepared by Mr. L. P. Ayson (Chief Inspector of Fisheries). This re-' pert will be placed before Parliament in duo course. Further. than this, I thought that it would bo (advisable to arrange for a visit to New Zealand by some person who would bo capable of advising us as to the best methods of setting our fisheries upon a really roitnd and permanent basis. With this object in view, arrangements havo been mado under which Professor Edward Prince, head of the Canadian Fisheries Department, will visit New Zealand about September next, and spend three months here. The Canadian Government has very kindly consented to Professor Princo coming hero for tho purpose. "There is probably no fisheries' expert in the world," continued the Minister, "who has had as wido an experience, or who possesses moro practical knowledge than the Canadian Commissioner of Fishdries. Dur'ng thd last twenty years he has had a most varied experience in Canada as scientific expert and organiser, and as administrator of tho official fisheries, and probably no other fisheries aro so vast and varied as those of Caiiada. ' Ho has had a most unusual cxperienco in tho sphere of fisheries research, development and supervision, and, apart from his expert duties, the routino duties, of tho great Fisheries Department in Ottawa were in his charge until ho became international commissioner. He was the commissioner appointed by the Dominion of Canada to deal with disputes betoen Canada and the United States, as to the question of tlio water boundaries. 11l this matter ho was associated with Dr. David Starr Jordaii, who acted for the United States. "Professor Prince," the Minister added, "in accepting the offer which was mado to him on behalf of the New Zealand Government, concludes the letter which ho addressed to mo as Minister for Marino with tho following paragraph. 'I can only add that if the proposal you mako is carried out, I shall bo most happy to givo the fisheries of your Dominion tho full advantago of all my long cxperienco as an administrator and scientific- fisheries specialist, and have every confidence that the results will parallel the development which I have accomplished in ilie sea and fresh-water fisheries of Canada." Tlio Minister for Marine is forwarding to .Professor Prince all the statutes, regulations. and publications relating to fisheries iii New Zealand, 60 that ho may studv them during the course of his journey to this country. Professor Prince will bo asked to report comprehensively upon tho fishing industry, and to advise regarding con?orvation, rc-stoclting, acclimatisation, and various other matters.