Marketing and Preparing
for Market of Foodstuffs
Produced within the Empire

FIFTH REPORT-FISH.

Presented by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
to Parliament by Command of His Majesty,
August, 1927.

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IMPERIAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

The Rt. Hon. Sir HALFORD MACKINDER, P.C. (Chairman).

Sir DAVID CHADWICK, C.S.I., C.1.E. (Secretary).

Advisers to Representatives on the Committee:

United Kingdom:

Mr. H. S. Moss Blundell, C.B.E., (Ministry of Agriculture

and Fisheries, England and Wales).

Mr. George Hogarth, (for Fisheries Board of Scotland). Canada:

Mr. W. R. Earl (Nova Scotia).

Note. The expenses of the Committee in connection with the preparation of this Report amount to £495. In addition, the cost of printing and publishing the Report is £152 10s. Od.

REPORT

ON THE

METHODS OF MARKETING AND PREPARING FOR MARKET WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF FOODSTUFFS PRODUCED WITHIN

THE EMPIRE.

FIFTH REPORT.-FISH.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STANLEY BALDWIN, M.P., Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. L. MACKENZIE KING, C.M.G.,

Prime Minister of the Dominon of Canada.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE S. M. BRUCE, M.C.,

Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, M.C.,

Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand.

TO GENERAL THE HONOURABLE J. B. M. HERTZOG,
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

To WILLIAM T. COSGRAVE, Esq.,

President of the Executive Council, Irish Free State.

TO THE HONOURABLE W. S. MONROE,

Prime Minister of Newfoundland.

TO THE HONOURABLE SIR C. P. J. COGHLAN, K.C.M.G.,
Premier of Southern Rhodesia.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD, Secretary of State for India.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE L. C. M. S. AMERY, M.P.,

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and for the

Colonies.

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Locations of the great fishing grounds-The fishing population-The position of different parts of the Empire relative to the fishing grounds of the world— Distribution of fish-The North Atlantic-Advantage to Empire of a flourishing fishing industry.

III. Two Important Facts concerning the Development of a Fishing Industry

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The limits to the total supplies of fish-The limit set by the means available for preserving fish when caught -The perishability of fish when caught.

Estimate of the total value not available-Estimate of the value of fish brought to port in Great Britain and the Dominions-Fisheries of North Atlantic and North Pacific not widely dissimilar in value.

V.-Analysis of Imports in the United Kingdom in 1925 and the Empire Share Therein

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Sources and means of supply of fish to United
Kingdom-Fresh fish from foreign sources.

VI.-Growth of Imports

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Distinction between "demersal" (or "white") and "pelagic (herring) fish-Contrast between development in trades in United Kingdom in white fish and herring since the war.

Comparison of per caput consumption before and after the War-The greater increase in consumption of "white fish-Discussion of possible causes thereof and effect of retail prices thereon-The proposal by the industry to promote an advertising campaign-Newfoundland and Canadian representatives disclaim any desire to damage the home industry of Great Britain.