25 JUNE 1954, Page 7

And The Waters Under Them

Although it would seem to abrogate to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries functions and powers vested (I had hitherto supposed) by the Almighty in the mysterious pro- cesses of nature, a notice which the Ministry have been good enough to send me, headed " Higher Minimum Size Limit For Whiting," is welcome evidence that at least one organ of the Welfare State is thinking in terms of levelling up rather