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would increase instead of decreasing. So small compared 
with the great whole is the amount they catch that it has 
almost no effect on the trade. 
We find on investigation that even the towns of Lanca- 
shire itself do not rely upon this supply, but draw from 
Grimsby and Hull the products of the open deep-sea 
fisheries, and not only the inland towns but Liverpool, 
Southport, Lytham, Blackpool, Morecambe, Ulverston, and 
more wonderful still, Fleetwood itself. The principal fish- 
shop in Fleetwood is owned by the principal owner of the 
Fleetwood smacks, and yet his own shop receives its daily 
supply of fish from Grimsby, as the Irish sea fishery 1S too 
- small and unreliable to maintain a supply for a steady demand. 
What about the great towns of Ireland, more especially 
the coast towns, Dublin and Belfast, for instance? ‘These 
towns also draw their supplies from Grimbsy. Every day, 
about noon, two heavily loaded trains leave Grimsby to 
catch the Fleetwood and Holyhead steamers, so as to have 
their fish in Belfast and Dublin by next morning. The 
large Grimsby fish merchants are personal friends of mine, 
and have themselves given’ me the statistics. This con- 
dition of things has come to stay. » Professor Herdman and 
Mr. Dawson can do nothing to stop these wealthy com- 
panies. | Hiney, are not poor, helpless fishermen whom they 
can prosecute ad lib; nay, more, it will increase. At 
present very few fishing grounds are known compared with 
a Vise bas hoc! OTC 
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