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IN accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the Sea-Fishing Industry Act, 1933, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, have appointed a Sea-Fish Commission consisting of the following: Sir Andrew R. Duncan (chairman), Viscount Wolmer, M.P., Mr. Francis Beattie, Mr. Edwin Fisher, and Mr. Lawrence Neal. We note with regret that no man of science has found a place on this Commission, notwithstanding that some of its functions make scientific knowledge desirable—particularly piscicultural knowledge. To emphasise this desirability, it may be mentioned that the functions of the Committee will include the investigation of matters relating to the storage and treatment of fish after landing; and it is also inevitable that pre-landing problems will call for investigation. It is most disappointing that the tendency to ignore scientific workers in the personnel of various kinds of commissions and committees should still persist; it is the more difficult to understand when we remember that some members of the Cabinet have hitherto shown themselves to be scientifically minded.
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The Sea-Fish Commission. Nature 133, 19 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133019a0
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