54 DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



The principal stations in England for deep-sea 

 trawlers are Plymouth, Brixham, Dover, and Eamsgate, 

 south of the Thames ; London, Lowestoft, Yarmouth, 

 Grrimsby, Hull, and Scarborough on the east coast; and 

 Fleetwood and Liverpool on the west ; with Carnarvon 

 and Tenby on the coast of Wales. 



There is no beam-trawling station of any importance 

 on the coast of Scotland, 



In Ireland the trawling stations for large vessels are 

 Dublin, Waterford, Dingle, and Galway. 



Inshore trawling is carried on by small craft on 

 several parts of the coast of the three countries, but 

 nnich less in Scotland than elsewhere. 



The Beam-trawl. 



{Plate II.) 



The beam-trawl may be simj^ly described as a tri- 

 angular, flat, purse-shaped net with the mouth extended 

 by a horizontal wooden beam, which is raised a short 

 distance from the ground by means of two iron supports 

 or heads, the upper part of the mouth being fastened 

 to the beam, and the under portion dragging on the 

 ground as the net is towed over the bottom. 



In describing it in detail, such a net as is used by the 

 Brixham men in their own waters, or by their descend- 

 ants or followers on other parts of the coast, may be 

 taken as a fair example. 



The beam {a) is made of various lengths, according 

 to the size of the nets, and to a great extent to the 

 length and power of the vessel which is to tow it. In 

 the large trawl-smacks now in general use lor deep-sea 

 fishing it varies from about 36 leet to 50 feet ; in small 



