FTSHKRIKS OF PLYMOUTH DURING THK WINTER 1889-90. 383 



33 meshes to the yard. The Cawsand fishermen who fish in Caw- 

 sand and Whitsaud Bays use moored nets. — G. H. Fowleij.] 



Note. 



The symbol > implies that the number given was the greatest cntch by any single 

 boat J a number without this implies the total amount of fish landed. 



Date. 



1889. 

 Oct. 



23 



24 



26 



30 

 31 



Nov. 

 1 



11 



12 



13 

 14 



Number per 

 boat. 



18 



40 > 

 500 > 

 400 > 



1000 > 

 1500 > 



500 > 



400 > 



2000 

 400 > 

 300 > 



700 

 Verv few 



200-300 

 500 > 



3000 > 

 None 



None 



Locality. 



Rum Bay 

 Batten Bay 



Cattewater 



Inside Batten 



Breakwater 



Inside 

 Mallard Buoy 



Rum Bay 

 Cawsand Bay 



Rum Bay 

 Sound, East 



Channel 

 Cawsand Bay 



Saltnsh and 

 St. Germans 

 Cattewater 



Snltash 

 Biidjje 



Price per 

 lUO. 



5/6 

 4/6 



4/6 

 4/6-5/0 



4/0-5/0 



6/0 



5/0 

 4/6 



3/6 

 3/3-3/6 



3,6 



Quality good. 



Very scarce up to 10 p.m., when the fish 

 rose in the slack water. 



These are probably not the coast fish, but 

 harbour fish which have been driven down 

 \)y foul water following the heavy rains. 



Quality good. 



Taken in moored nets. 



No fish from Cawsand Bay. 



Wind W. ; threatening. 



Fine, calm. Herring fishing discontinued 

 for a time, as the coast fish had not made 

 their appearance. 



These fish used to be taken in large quan- 

 tities some years ago at Laira with long 

 seine nets, Now the fish do not appear 

 to go so far up, and the seining industry 

 in the estuaries has diminished. 



I'hese fish were probably caught in tuck 

 seines, as they were so small that they 

 would have passed through the meshes of 

 the large seines. 



Wind S.E. ; very fine. 



No herrings in Plymouth Sound or the 

 Cattewater, but a few thousands taken by 

 27 small boats near Carr Green, 3 miles 

 above Saltash. The fishermen there use 

 3 nets, threescore and seven meshes in 

 depth, and 44 fathoms to the rope, making 

 a total length of 132 fathoms. The buoy- 

 lines are one fathom deep. They only 

 fish in slack water, because, when the tide 

 is running strong, they drift against the 

 ships. Herrings are always taken there 

 at this time of year when the weather is 

 fine, and they only come to the Sound 

 when there is a great freshet after rain. 



Many of the boats took out their nets, and 

 dried and put them away, anticipating a 

 bad season. 



