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the visits of the lierriiigs and other so-called migratory 

 fishes are very uncertain, and even when they enter the 

 bay they do not always approacli those parts of it where 

 they can be easily taken with the scan, which is here 

 the favourite mode of catching them. Drift-nets are, 

 however, also used for herrings, but not specially for 

 mackerel. The hake are mostly caught with trammels, 

 and a great number of these nets were formerly in use. 

 Many parts of the bay are available for trawling on, 

 but the bottom generally is not of the best description, 

 a good deal of it being soft ground. Grood takes of soles, 

 however, are sometimes made, with a moderate propor- 

 tion of other kinds of trawl-fish. The trawlers have not 

 been more fortunate in escajDing opposition in Bantry 

 Bay than elsewhere, and the conflicting interests of the 

 trawlers and trammel- fishers led to the issue of a byelaw 

 by the Commissioners in 1858, by which the trawlers 

 are still excluded from a certain portion of ground at 

 the head of the bay. This restriction, however, is not 

 of very great importance, as the largest quantity of fish 

 is usually to be obtained nearer the entrance. The 

 trawlers are also" forbidden to work between sunset and 

 sunrise, and this may be a hardship to them at certain 

 times of the year. Trawling in Bantry Bay has not 

 been carried on with regularity, but there were six large 

 trawlers fishing there in 1873, and there is no doubt 

 room for more. There is also plenty to be done there 

 by line fishermen, if they were properly fitted out and 

 would keep steadily at the work. Some little lobster- 

 fishing is carried on in the rocky neighbourhood of 

 Glengariff, that beautiful little deep-water harbour at 

 the head of the bay. 



Kenmare estuary also affords plenty of room for 

 fishing of various kinds, and is one of the localities 



