Paper 039
Lecture – 1953
Author – Shiels, Joseph
Also in Nat. Library No: P. 7632
Testimony given at Balbriggan and Skerries to Deep Sea Fisheries Commission, 1864. Decline in certain fish stocks. Dispute as to the wisdom of trawling inside a certain sea limit. Ignorance of spawning habits and spawning grounds. Oyster bed near Church Island.