“FISH” FORECASTS
NEW SERVICE IN BRITAIN. British fishermen are to be told in advance what kind of fish they are likely to catch off the shores of the British Isles from season to season. A scheme to enable such predictions to be made is mentioned in the report of the Development Commissioners issued recently. The commissioners state that they were much impressed by the opportunities afforded by the scheme and decided to support it for five years, making a grant of £5lOO. The main point from which operations will be based is the Bermuda Biological Station. The report explains that the abundance of many European fish is influenced by variations in the drift of Atlantic water with the Gulf Stream. “It may therefore be hoped that observations on the initial strength of the Gulf Stream in the Western Atlantic may assist in the prediction of the success or failure of fisheries on the eastern, no less than on the western, coasts,” it is stated. Observations wlil also be made outwards from the American coast, and this part of the work will be undertaken by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in America. The Royal Society will manage and supervise the British investigations.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1938, Page 10
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201“FISH” FORECASTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1938, Page 10
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