INDEX. 



419 



Cured fish exported to Ireland, 312, 317 



Mediterrauoaii, 193, 244 



Spain, 302, 312 



imported to Ireland, 3G3 



Curing bloaters, 242 



herrings at Yarmouth, 241 



pilchards in Cornwall, 193 



supervised by Scotch Fishery Board, 



296 



white herrings, 294 



Curraghs, or canvas canoes, 379 



, cost of, 381 



Custom House, returns of boats obtained 



through, 180 



D. 



Dandy bridle, 65, 79 



Dandy-line or jigger, description of, 153 



, probable derivation of the name, 154 



, where used, 153 



fishing at Dunbar, 286 



Dandy- wink, 67, 71 

 "Darwen salmon," 183 

 Davis' Straits, cod fishery in, 308 

 Decked and open boats, comparative gains 

 of, 277 



fishing boats coming into use, 276 



fishing boats, advantage of, 276 



Deep-sea trawling, uncertain origin of, 201 

 Deep water in Silver Pit, 84 

 Depth of water for deep-sea trawling, S3 

 Destruction of herrings by cod and ling, 35 



of herrings by gannets, 35 



Diflerence between fishermen's and Ad- 

 miralty soundings, 85 

 Dimensions of scans at St. Ives, 189 

 Dingle Bay, drift-fishing in, 379 



, trawling in, 378 



Dogfish, 80 



in Morecambe Bay, 183 



, injury caused by, 109, 144 



Donegal Bay, capabilities of fishing in, 391 



, disappearance of haddocks from, 



391 



, fisheries in, 389 



, herring fishery in, 390 



, sprat fishery in, 389 



, whales in, 389 



Drift-boats, best rig for, 357 



, temporarily rigged for trawling, 69, 



247 



Drift-nets, description of, 100 



, explanation of the name, 98 



, liow mounted, 101 



, how the fisli are caught by, 9S 



, materials used for, 100 



Drift-net Fishing, 97 



by Brighton boats, 221 



, commencement of, unknown, 97 



on the coast of Scotland, 300 



, probable antiquity of, 97 



, usually at night, 99 



Drogheda district, fisheries of, 394 

 Dublin trawlers, 356 



, crews of, 358 



, rig of, 358 



, scarcity of crews for, 357 



Dunbar, dandy-line fishing at, 286 



Harbour, cost of, 299 



Dungarvan fisheries, decline of, 369 

 Dunmore, trawling from, 367 

 Dutch auction, trawl-fish sold by, 209 

 trawling, 53 



E. 



Early capture of large cod, 38 

 Emigration of Irish fishermen, 347 

 Enemies of the herring, 36 

 England and Wales, number of fishing 



boats in, 274 

 English fisheries, relative importance of, 



274 

 Escape from the beam-trawl difficult, 76 

 Evidence required of spawn being buried, 



46 

 Exhaustion of an open-sea line-fishery by 



overfishing impossible, 148 

 Export of pilcliards dependent on the sean- 



fishery, 196 

 Eyemouth, smoked haddocks at, 285 



F. 



Falmouth oyster fishery, 198 



Faroe cod-bank, 305 



Ferry-boats at Yarmouth, 239 



Fi'men boats, 266 



" Finnan baddies," mode of curing, 288 



, where made, 288 



Firth of Clyde, fisheries of, 320 



of Forth, fisheries of, 283 



, oyster beds in, 284 



Fish business by telegraph, 19, 209 



carried by rail from Harwich, 234 



on Irisli coasts not decreased, 350 



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