FISHERIES OP PLYMOUTH DURING THE WINTER 1889-90. 389 



Nov. 

 12 



13 



14 

 15 



16 



18 

 19 



20 



21 

 22 



29 



30 



Dec. 



2 



3 



6 



7 



10 



11 



12 

 13 



14 



16 



17 



18 

 21 



24 

 26 



Number per 

 boat. 



5000 > 

 9000 > 



8000 > 



3000 > 



Few 

 liundreds 



1000 > 



1000 > 



1000 > 



2000 > 

 Very scarce 



5000 > 



2500 > 



8000 > 



15,000 > 



800 > 



Few 



hundreds 



10,000 



20,000 > 



5000 

 Few 

 hundreds 

 30,000 > 



15,000 > 



25,000 > 



15,000 > 

 20,000- 

 10,000 



17,000 

 20,000 > 



Locality. 



2 miles N. of 



Eddystone 

 2 miles N.W. 

 of Eddystone 



E. of Eddy- 

 stone 



N. of Eddy- 

 stone 



6 miles E. of 

 Eddystone 



E.S.E. of 

 Eddystone 



N.W. of 

 Eddystone 



5 miles S.W 

 of Penlee 



2 miles outside 



Eddystone 



N.W. of 



Eddystone 



4 miles S. of 



Rame Head 



6 miles S.W. 



of Penlee 



Between 



Penlee and 



Eddystone 



8-10 miles S. 



of Mewstonc 



6 miles S. of 



Stoke Pt. 



2 miles N.W. 

 of Eddystone 

 Rame Head 

 to Eddystone 



Price per 

 1000. 



10/0 

 15/0-16/0 



15/0-16/0 

 15/0-16/0 



17/6 



15/0 



16/0 



17/6 

 17/6 

 16/6 

 17/4 



17/0 

 17/0 

 17/6 



11/0-16/6 



15/0 



14/0 



13/0-15/0 

 17/0 



14/0-15/0 

 14/0-15/0 



Kemarks. 



Taken by Mevagissey boats. As the seine 

 fishery in the W. has so far proved a 

 failure, it is so much the better for the drift- 

 nets, as all the buyers are at Plymouth. 



Good demand, as there are siiips here 

 waiting to be loaded for W. Cornwall. 



Mostly purchased by the hook-and-line 

 whiting-boats, of which there are 60-70 

 sail here. 



Very bad season ; 200 sail of boats here, 

 the large boats taking out the pilchard- 

 nets, and substituting mackerel-nets. 

 Hake also fallen ofi"; a W.S.W. wind 

 wanted, as the E. wind always keeps the 

 fish off this coast. 



Most boats had no fish at all. 

 Three boats out of a hundred landed 300 

 fish each. 



Only 8 boats with good catches. 

 8 boats. 



Only 4 boats out, the weather being so bad 

 from S.W. They saw what almost always 

 indicates a good catch, viz. the gannets 

 diving from a great height. 



Very stormy. 



20 boats. 



