ÏI‘RAWLING-SHIPS AND AREAS.
95
thus
are
steadily . increasing.
Year
by year, therefore,
"
changes in the-methods of line—shing are progressing, Such
as steam—liers, and steam-power for hauling nets and lines.
Nine steam—trawlers and 6 Sailing trawlers and 104.« men
'
and boys were added to the eet, and considerable improve—
ments in‘ the construction and accommodation were made in
the best vessels.
.
.
'
In
1884
trawling was carried on within a "reasonable
'
distance’ of land, so that the
could deliver the
catches of the night in time for the market next morning, or
the daily
‘
carrier ’ of the eet of steam—trawlers from Granton,
by leaving the shing—grounds in the afternoon or evening with
the united catch, could reach that port early next morning, '
The vessels from the Moray Firth could land their fresh shes
at Macduff or Aberdeen, and the vessels from Montrose and
Dundee carried fresh shes to those towns.
_
For ftèen years the trawl—shery has been prosecuted with
'
vigour, and it is interesting now to see what areas the ships
frequent, and with what results. To commence with the most
northerly, viz., Aberdeen, at Which trawling has made great
-
progress since the former date (1884), it is found that, whereas
'
the chief supplies were brought fresh from the adjoining sea by
the older paddle—Ships, or from the Moray Firth by the more
powerful vessels, much of the supply of the present day comes
,
'
from the ‘ Great FisherBank
’
or from Iceland.
Instead of the
'
activity displayed in 1884: in the strip of sea from 10 to 20
miles off the coast, between Aberdeen and Montrose, only a few
vessels are now seen at work here and there in good
_
.,
Fishes' are -by no means absent from this area, and at certain
times ‘Occur in considerable abundance, but the individual
catches at other times are limited; and—on the
ground
10 or 11 miles off, in 33 fathoms, it sometimes happens that,
,
.
.»
after three h0urs’ trawling, about the same time has to be spent
iii
mending the net. Yet lemon-dabs - and sail‘—ukes or
,
‘inegrirs’ (Arnoglossus megastoma)‘
in the deeper and softer
-
—
parts, with the larger haddocks and other forms, render the
'
,
work there still Worthy of attention.
If small haddocks brought
fair prices,» the work would, indeed, be tolérably rf>munerative,
_
95
thus
are
steadily . increasing.
Year
by year, therefore,
"
changes in the-methods of line—shing are progressing, Such
as steam—liers, and steam-power for hauling nets and lines.
Nine steam—trawlers and 6 Sailing trawlers and 104.« men
'
and boys were added to the eet, and considerable improve—
ments in‘ the construction and accommodation were made in
the best vessels.
.
.
'
In
1884
trawling was carried on within a "reasonable
'
distance’ of land, so that the
could deliver the
catches of the night in time for the market next morning, or
the daily
‘
carrier ’ of the eet of steam—trawlers from Granton,
by leaving the shing—grounds in the afternoon or evening with
the united catch, could reach that port early next morning, '
The vessels from the Moray Firth could land their fresh shes
at Macduff or Aberdeen, and the vessels from Montrose and
Dundee carried fresh shes to those towns.
_
For ftèen years the trawl—shery has been prosecuted with
'
vigour, and it is interesting now to see what areas the ships
frequent, and with what results. To commence with the most
northerly, viz., Aberdeen, at Which trawling has made great
-
progress since the former date (1884), it is found that, whereas
'
the chief supplies were brought fresh from the adjoining sea by
the older paddle—Ships, or from the Moray Firth by the more
powerful vessels, much of the supply of the present day comes
,
'
from the ‘ Great FisherBank
’
or from Iceland.
Instead of the
'
activity displayed in 1884: in the strip of sea from 10 to 20
miles off the coast, between Aberdeen and Montrose, only a few
vessels are now seen at work here and there in good
_
.,
Fishes' are -by no means absent from this area, and at certain
times ‘Occur in considerable abundance, but the individual
catches at other times are limited; and—on the
ground
10 or 11 miles off, in 33 fathoms, it sometimes happens that,
,
.
.»
after three h0urs’ trawling, about the same time has to be spent
iii
mending the net. Yet lemon-dabs - and sail‘—ukes or
,
‘inegrirs’ (Arnoglossus megastoma)‘
in the deeper and softer
-
—
parts, with the larger haddocks and other forms, render the
'
,
work there still Worthy of attention.
If small haddocks brought
fair prices,» the work would, indeed, be tolérably rf>munerative,
_