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Brightlingsea, Dover, Xewhaven, AVey mouth, Ports- 

 mouth, &c. — in almost every case the scallop fishing being 

 carried on during the winter months. 



Probabh' unrecorded or occasional scallop fishing is 

 carried on at many other places, not as an independent 

 industry, but to obtain bait for the lines of a few local 

 fishermen. It is certain, moreover, that much could be 

 done to locate, improve and exploit beds of this useful 

 shellfish if a greater demand for it arose in the future, 

 either as human food or as bait for the fishing lines. 



