In 1914, the New South Wales (NSW) Government decided to alter its fisheries policy, with the development of an offshore trawling industry supplanting support for inshore fishing as its key development objective. Accordingly, between 1915 and 1923 the NSW Government operated a commercial trawling industry designed to fish previously unexploited fish stocks on the state’s continental shelf. The State Trawling Industry (STI) was designed to meet a mix of social and economic policy goals, with the NSW Government controlling all parts of the production line from catching to selling produce. This article examines the business structure of the enterprise to reveal the reasons for its economic failure. It argues that government entrepreneurship created a new consumer market and unintentionally paved the way for the rise of a modern private trawling industry.

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1914-1923 年新南威尔士州拖网渔业的国家企业家精神

1914 年，新南威尔士州 (NSW) 政府决定改变其渔业政策，将发展近海拖网捕捞业取代对近海捕鱼的支持作为其主要发展目标。因此，在 1915 年至 1923 年间，新南威尔士州政府经营商业拖网捕捞业，旨在捕捞该州大陆架上以前未开发的鱼类种群。国家拖网捕捞业 (STI) 旨在满足社会和经济政策目标的组合，新南威尔士州政府控制着从捕捞到销售产品的生产线的所有部分。本文通过考察企业的业务结构来揭示其经济失败的原因。