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THE SEA FISHERIES
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Although the general practice is now to' use these long
lines there is still a certain amount of hand lining done.
The hand line is quite short and has only two books on it.
They may be used from the dories, or at times from the
schooner itself when she is drittihg.
Each sherman keeps
count of the cod he has caught by cutting out their tongües,
and throwing them into a basket to be counted up When
shing stops.
When the sh are all aboard they are cut open and
cleaned, and packed away in salt.
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Long lines very similar to those used in the Newfound—
land sheries are also used round the British Isles for cod,
haddock, whitingand other sh.
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INSHORE FISHERIES
Although somewhat hard to '-dene accurately, the
inshore sheries may be said to comprise all those shermen
make their livelihood around the coasts in motor or
sail—driven craft, or from the shores themselves.
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shermen are rarely at sea for more than one night at a
time.
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‘Most of the shing methods —used'by the
and drifters can .be used by these longshore shermen,
but the gear is of. necessity lighter and smaller.
Small
plaice andwhiting are caught in beam-trawls, and drift
nets are used for herring.
It is quite a common practice
the east côast_for the shermen to shoot their drift
nets quite close inSh0œ'atsunset and leave them to drift
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along the coast With the tide all night; retuming tO‘-pick
them up in the morning.
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are used f0r pilchard, sprat and -mackerel from
sandy beaches,
The rope attached to one end—of ”the
seine is retained on shore; and the men row out to sea
allowing the net to run off the stem, of the boat as they go.