76
CHANGES INTRODUCED BY TRAWLING.
'
Now (1888) active and powerful vessels, propelled by steam,_
and thus more or less independent of the weather—manned
.
by a captain responsible to owners or their manager, a crew
bound together only by "discipline and pay, and whose shing:
apparatus required no bait, appeared on the eld. Further,
instead of following the pursuit on grounds familiar to gene1a-_
tions before them, the new shermen not only ranged over
these, but s0ught new and sometimes more distant” elds
Capitalists took up the question, and tted out powerful
in both Scotland and England, and sent them into
'
waters, so that the liners met with most formidable
The complaints of the line—shérmen at this period (1883) and?
subsequently necessarily attracted much attention, and great -
sympathy has always been expressed in regard to their condition,
for undoubtedly the larger and more regular supply of shes—
had a tendency to diminish value, and this caused a reduction
of income-to the liner,
the shes on certain of the nea1er
grounds were thinned, and perhaps rendered more wary. In
‘
the Report of 1884 it was said that ‘
two competitors are in
eld instead of one, and for the liner it may take Closer work,
even with all the help improved modern appliances in boats
and material can give, to keep pace with his rival_;’ and
_
that it would be a great calamity if any mishap should befall
such a ne race of men—hardy, willing, and adventur0us
.
‘
Complete destruction, or, at any rate, most serious 1nterfe1ence
with the shing-grounds, and the destitution of the shmg—
'-population, were then predicted, and many anxious. eyes watched
the development of events, Since about 45,000. men at least
"
were
dependent on the net— and line—boats of the country,
;
'
whereas only a few
between 200;and 300—,
_Ç «
.
at that time engaged in thetrawling industry.
‘
‘
/
,Fifteen— years have elapsed since this change took
1 r ‘ yet“so far as can be ascertained, the condition of the sober and
liner of to—day is
from being destitute, and
-
are able toi’1ltil—ize the _Savings BLank,to acqùire property
Ora competeney for
It,could1ot,well be other—_
W heW>_ With “au—tbe»
faut… mea
ocÇaSionallyahave
'
about —£26 a week, ÿ0ï Single f'Shotïwhmh
fïçÏy_ç
12 Ï
'
'
,
«
………m
CHANGES INTRODUCED BY TRAWLING.
'
Now (1888) active and powerful vessels, propelled by steam,_
and thus more or less independent of the weather—manned
.
by a captain responsible to owners or their manager, a crew
bound together only by "discipline and pay, and whose shing:
apparatus required no bait, appeared on the eld. Further,
instead of following the pursuit on grounds familiar to gene1a-_
tions before them, the new shermen not only ranged over
these, but s0ught new and sometimes more distant” elds
Capitalists took up the question, and tted out powerful
in both Scotland and England, and sent them into
'
waters, so that the liners met with most formidable
The complaints of the line—shérmen at this period (1883) and?
subsequently necessarily attracted much attention, and great -
sympathy has always been expressed in regard to their condition,
for undoubtedly the larger and more regular supply of shes—
had a tendency to diminish value, and this caused a reduction
of income-to the liner,
the shes on certain of the nea1er
grounds were thinned, and perhaps rendered more wary. In
‘
the Report of 1884 it was said that ‘
two competitors are in
eld instead of one, and for the liner it may take Closer work,
even with all the help improved modern appliances in boats
and material can give, to keep pace with his rival_;’ and
_
that it would be a great calamity if any mishap should befall
such a ne race of men—hardy, willing, and adventur0us
.
‘
Complete destruction, or, at any rate, most serious 1nterfe1ence
with the shing-grounds, and the destitution of the shmg—
'-population, were then predicted, and many anxious. eyes watched
the development of events, Since about 45,000. men at least
"
were
dependent on the net— and line—boats of the country,
;
'
whereas only a few
between 200;and 300—,
_Ç «
.
at that time engaged in thetrawling industry.
‘
‘
/
,Fifteen— years have elapsed since this change took
1 r ‘ yet“so far as can be ascertained, the condition of the sober and
liner of to—day is
from being destitute, and
-
are able toi’1ltil—ize the _Savings BLank,to acqùire property
Ora competeney for
It,could1ot,well be other—_
W heW>_ With “au—tbe»
faut… mea
ocÇaSionallyahave
'
about —£26 a week, ÿ0ï Single f'Shotïwhmh
fïçÏy_ç
12 Ï
'
'
,
«
………m