CHAPTER XVIII 



THE COALFISH OR SAITHE 



The European Catch (Analysed) 

 The comparative catch in 1913 was as follows : 



England ^ 

 Scotland . 



Total Britain 

 Germany . 

 Holland 

 Norway . 



The importance of the fish lies in the fact that it is ' poor 

 man's food '. In point of bulk it is the third of our British 

 staple bottom fishes, and in Norway it ranks only below the 

 cod. It is extremely cheap, and as late as 1909 and 1910 it was 

 customary to throw away the coalfish caught on the north-west 

 coast of Ireland, and to retain their livers only. 



The British Catch 

 The following English ports landed 1,000 tons and over : 



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