CHAPTER XXIV 



LING 



The European Catch in 1913 (Analysed) 



The British Catch [Analysed) 

 The chief ling ports were : 



Tons. Tons. 



North Shields . . 780 Milford . . . 1,079 



Hull .... 2,149 Fleetwood . . . 2,802 

 Grimsby . . .2,126 



Total (5 ports) : 8,936 out of 10,702 tons 



In Scotland : 



Tons. 

 Steam trawlers landed ..... 4,667 

 Steam liners „ • • • • • 5,132 



Total 9,799 



Out of 10,820 tons. 



Fluctuations in the Catch 



The catch of Ung landed by Enghsh steamers on the east coast 

 from the North Bea has varied as follows : 



The period, of course, forms nothing Hke a ' cycle ' in the life 

 of the sea, and hng are essentially an Atlantic rather than 



' In 1920 the landings were.: 



»^ Tons. £ 



England . . . . 9,109 207,249 



Scotland 6,3 74 1 15,809 



Great Britain . . . 15,483 323,068 



