THE SEA FISHERIES 285 



Although the general practice is now to use these long 

 lines there is still a certain amount of hand lining done. 

 The hand line is quite short and has only two hooks on it. 

 They may be used from the dories, or at times from the 

 schooner itself when she is drifting. Each fisherman keeps 

 count of the cod he has caught by cutting out their tongues, 

 and throwing them into a basket to be counted up when 

 fishing stops. 



When the fish are all aboard they are cut open and 

 cleaned, and packed away in salt. 



Long lines very similar to those used in the Newfound- 

 land fisheries are also used round the British Isles for cod, 

 haddock, whiting and other fish. 



Inshore Fisheries 



Although somewhat hard to define accurately, the 

 inshore fisheries may be said to comprise all those fishermen 

 who make their livelihood around the coasts in motor or 

 sail-driven craft, or from the shores themselves. The 

 fishermen are rarely at sea for more than one night at a 

 time. 



Most of the fishing methods used by the steam trawlers 

 and drifters can be used by these longshore fishermen, 

 but the gear is of necessity lighter and smaller. Small 

 plaice and whiting are caught in beam-trawls, and drift 

 nets are used for herring. It is quite a common practice 

 on the east coast for the fishermen to shoot their drift 

 nets quite close inshore at sunset and leave them to drift 

 along the coast with the tide all night, returning to pick 

 them up in the morning. 



Seines are used for pilchard, sprat and mackerel from 

 sandy beaches. The rope attached to one end of the 

 seine is retained on shore, and the men row out to sea 

 allowing the net to run off the stem of the boat as they go. 



