Chapter 10

fisheries in Australia, although her people come from a maritime stock--The defectiveness of our Australian fish supply--Our primitive methods of fish capture--The beam-trawl in deep-sea fishing--Drift-net and other deep-sea fishing--Benefits from the development of our deep-sea fisheries--Fish markets--The "middleman" controversy--The distribution of fish to the public--Fishmongers and the sale of fish-- The development of the oyster--The failure in the New South Wales and Victorian oyster supplies--The recreation of our oyster fisheries-- The food value of the oyster--The food value of fish