94 FISHING INDUSTRY OF PLYMOUTH. 



Tratvl Fish. — Trawl fish is sold as follows : — '' Head " or 

 " prime fish " is sold by the catch in lots^ except hake, 

 which is sold by the dozen. " Offal " or " seconds '' is sold 

 by the maund*^ skate and ray by the " lot^" which may be 

 any number. 



Drift Fish. — Drift fish is sold : — Pilchards, per 126 ; her- 

 rings, per 126 ; mackerel, per 120. 



HooJc Fish. — Hook fish is sold : — Congers, per cwt. ; Hug, 

 per dozen ; skate and ray, per " lot " of any number ; 

 whiting, per dozen ; pollack, per dozen ; turbot, per fish. 



List op Publications eefeeeed to. 



No. 1. Ansell. — ''On Trawling" (^ Litei-ature of Interna- 

 tional Fishery Exhibition,' 1883). 



2. Anson and Willett.—'' Oyster Culture " {' Lit. of Int. 

 Fish. Exhib.,' 1883). 



3a. Bellamy. — ^ The Natural History of South Devon' 

 (1839). 



3&. £e^Za?«i/.— 'Guide to the Fish Market' (1862). 



4. Bertram. — ''The Unappreciated Fisher Folk" ('Lit. 

 of Int. Fish. Exhib.,' 1883). 



5. Brooks. — 'General Guide to Sea Fishing.' 



6. Cornish. — "Mackerel and Pilchard Fisheries "(' Lit. 

 of Int. Fish. Exhib.,' 1883). 



7. Edinhnrgh, H.B.H. the Duhe of. — " The Sea Fisheries 

 and Fishing Population of the United Kingdom " 

 ('Lit. of Int. Fish. Exhib.,' 1883. 



8. Harding. — " Molluscs, Mussels, Whelks, &c., used for 

 Food or Bait" ('Lit. of Int. Fish. Exhib./ 1883). 



9. Harding. — ' Specification No. 15,891." Apparatus for 

 Storing, Keeping Alive, Fattening and Protecting 

 from the Force of the Sea, Edible Molluscs. 



10. Houghton. — " Natural History of Commercial Sea 

 Fishes" ('Lit. of Int. Exhib.,' 1883). 



11. Holdsworth. — ' Sea Fisheries,' 1877. 



12. Holdsivorth. — " Apparatus for Fishing " (' Lit. of Int. 

 Fish. Exhib.,' 1883). 



13. Hunt. — "Notes on Torbay " ('Transactions of the 

 Devon Assoc.,' 1878). 



14. Inglis. — " Plymouth Sound — its Tidal Currents " 

 (' Trans, of the Plymouth Instit.,' 1877). 



* The weight of a mauud of flatfish is, say, 70 lbs. ; of rouud fish, say, 

 Gibs. 



