Lnternational Fishertes F-xhibtton. 
LONDON, 1883. 
CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1883. 
Mr. EDWARD HENEAGE, M.P., occupied the chair. 
ENE ES a eee 
By the courtesy of the promoters of this Exhibition I have 
been requested to read a paper on the subject of Line 
Fishing. 
Whatever may be the imperfection of my remarks on 
the subject, I venture to speak to you as one who has for 
many years past paid some attention to the subject, and 
who has had a considerable range of experience, not only 
within the fishing grounds of the North Sea, but beyond 
the North Cape of Norway, on the great fishery of Fin- 
marken, and the various other fisheries of that coast, and 
in another direction on those of Iceland and the Faroe 
Islands. 
In order to avoid trespassing on the patience of my 
audience I have curtailed my remarks as much as possible. 
Very much more might be said, but then I do not claim 
that my paper will be exhaustive. 
Line-fishing refers to the capture of fish by line and 
hook. It is divided into two systems :—Ist, Long-line 
fishing, which implies a continuous length of line with 
hooks attached on smaller lines of about three feet length at 
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