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FISHING STATIONS. 



IRELAND {continued). 



Youghal to Tralee — Decline of the Dungarvan fisheries — Ti-ammel-fishing 

 at King — The liammcr-trawl — The otter-trawl — Kinsalc mackerel fisliery 



— Idle habits of the Kiusale fishermen — Fishing Company unsuccessful — 

 Trans|X)rt of mackerel to England — French fishing boats — Attempted 

 establishment of a pilchard fishery — Objections to it by the fishermen — 

 Kinsale hookers — Bantry Bay a good trawling ground — General fisheries 

 imperfectly worked — Dingle Bay very productive of fish — Royal Irish 

 Fisheries Company formerly successful — Removal of restrictions on trawl- 

 ing — Line and drift fisheries — " Curraghs," or canvas canoes — Dingle 

 fishermen generally industrious — Limerick to Sligo — Galway fisheries 

 not fully worked — Difficulties caused by the Claddagh fishermen — Good 

 trawling ground — Systematic search for spawn under the direction of the 

 Fisheries Inspectors — Herring fishery — ." Claddagh law " — Other fisheries 

 — Galway hookers — Bofin Island — Fishing Company unsuccessful — Boat 

 harbour now being constructed — Oyster fishery in Clew Bay — Line-fishing 

 on the outer coast — Donegal Bay — Sprat fishery at Inver — Accidents from 

 whales — Herring fishery only near the shore — Line, trawl, and trammel 

 fisheries — Haddock plentiful off the coast, but scarce in the bay — Fisheries 

 probably capable of extension, but fishermen generally very poor — 

 Londonderry to Drogheda — Fisheries for the most part unimportant 



— Fishing boats, yawls — Line-fishing at Rush — Ardglass a large station 



— Summary and analysis of Irish fisheries — Their uncertain prospects. 



YOUGHAL TO TUALEE — NUMBER OF BoATS. 

 Port Letters. Tort. I Year. 



Y. 



C. 



Youghal 1S72 



Cork 



Skibbereen .. .. „ 



Tralee 



The only place which has been of any consequence 

 between Waterford and Cork is Dungarvan, but its 

 importance as a fisliery station has diminished in a 

 remarkable manner during the last few years. It is 



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