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INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
THE SCOTTISH HERRING FISHERS, THEIR WORK 
AND WAGES. 
THE capture of the herring, the principal fishing industry of Scot- 
land—Money value of the herring—Scotland’s share of the 
herring wealth enormous—Number of persons connected with 
the herring fishing—The curer the chief agent in the organisa- 
tion of the fishery—Constitution of the herring fishery of Scot- 
land — The fishing contracts — Bargaining — Extent of the 
netting used in the capture of the herring—Work of the 
fishery described—The gutters—The “hired hands ”—Inci- 
dental phases of the fishing for the herring—The sprat fishery 
THE FISHERS OF YARMOUTH. 
Herring fishing on the English coasts—Herring catch at Yar- 
mouth—Size of vessels and modes of work—Mode of paying 
the crew—Yarmouth bloaters and kippers—Scottish boats at 
Yarmouth—Curing processes 
THE CORNWALL PILCHARD CATCHERS. 
Importance of the pilchard—Catching pilchards by the seine net-— 
Earnings of the pilchard-catchers—Cure of the fish— The 
Pope and pilchards ”—The pilchard Harvest—Drift-net fishing 
by Cornwall boats peatk ee 
FISHERS OF THE NORTH SEA—TRAWLERS. 
The North Sea Fishermen not hereditary fishers—Severe appren- 
ticeship—Length of apprenticeship objected to, and should be 
restricted—Bad behaviour of North Sea Fishermen—Extent of 
the German ,Ocean—Value of the fish it yields—Trawling the 
chief mode of Fishing—Fleets of Smacks—The work of 
Trawling—The earnings of the trawl men 
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