The Supply of Bait for Sea-Fishermen

Abstract

ONE of the first questions of practical importance with which the Marine Biological Association has to deal is that of supplying the long-line fishermen with a continuous supply of bait at a cheap rate. Great distress is often occasioned through fishermen being unable to get the necessary bait for their long lines. Mr. Robert Bayly, of Plymouth, a governor of the Marine Biological Association, has generously given a sum of £500 to be spent on investigations on the bait question, and the Council have instructed me, as Director of the Association, to consider the best means of spending this sum. I shall therefore be glad to receive any suggestions from gentlemen who may interest themselves in this question, or to consider the work of any investigator already in the field, with the view of employing a suitable person to carry out a series of observations and experiments.