162 THE WEALTH OF THE SEA 



ground-lines are spliced, at thirty to forty inch 

 intervals, lighter lines, called snoods or gangings. 

 Each snood is about twenty-five inches long and has 

 a strong steel hook attached. When not in use the 

 long-line is coiled in a tub. 



When the line is set, the end is attached to a light 

 iron anchor, to which a buoy-keg is fastened in order 

 to mark the location of the trawl. The anchor and 

 buoy are thrown overboard; then as one fisherman 

 rows away from the anchored end of the line, the 

 other dexterously proceeds to whirl the coils of line 

 and baited hooks into the sea by means of a short 

 stick which he holds in his right hand. Three or four 

 long-lines may be joined together and set in this 

 fashion; another anchor and buoy is attached to 

 the last end. The trawl now lies on the sea bottom 

 and is prevented from drifting or becoming tangled 

 by the anchors at each end. 



After being set for an hour or so, the lines are 

 brought in by the fishermen. As one of the men pulls 

 up the line and takes in the fish, the other knocks 

 off the untouched bait and coils the long-line in a 

 tub. The unmarketable fish, dogfish, sculpin, skate, 

 and the like, are knocked off into the sea. When fish 

 are plentiful, the trawl is not taken up but is under- 

 run ; this operation consists of removing the fish and 

 rebaiting the hooks, and makes it possible to use the 

 line continuously without resetting it. 



At the end of the day's fishing, the dories are 

 picked up by the mother ship. Then the fishermen 

 wash and clean the fish and pack them with chopped 

 ice. After this has been accomplished, the fisher- 



