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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  while 
  with 
  trawl 
  lines 
  the 
  depth 
  is 
  usually 
  greater, 
  40 
  to 
  60 
  fathoms 
  

   being 
  a 
  fair 
  average. 
  

  

  Bait. 
  — 
  Salt 
  clams, 
  fresh 
  squid, 
  caplin, 
  fresh 
  herring, 
  and 
  other 
  

   species 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  bait. 
  

  

  Skill 
  of 
  fisliermen. 
  — 
  On 
  good 
  fishing 
  ground 
  a 
  skillful 
  fisherman 
  

   will 
  load 
  his 
  dory 
  in 
  a 
  comparatively 
  short 
  time, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  im- 
  

   common, 
  when 
  fish 
  are 
  plentiful, 
  for 
  a 
  boat 
  to 
  be 
  loaded 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   times 
  in 
  a 
  day's 
  fishing. 
  At 
  such 
  times, 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   fieet 
  of 
  vessels 
  on 
  the 
  bank, 
  the 
  weather 
  being 
  pleasant, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   unusual 
  for 
  200 
  or 
  300 
  dories 
  to 
  be 
  fishing 
  side 
  by 
  side. 
  In 
  other 
  

   localities 
  where 
  fish 
  are 
  less 
  abundant 
  the 
  dories 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  

   more 
  scattered. 
  While 
  the 
  dories 
  are 
  out 
  the 
  skipper 
  and 
  cook 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

  

  Time 
  of 
  fishing. 
  — 
  Generally 
  the 
  men 
  go 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  dories 
  twice 
  

   each 
  day; 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  being 
  before 
  sunrise 
  and 
  again 
  just 
  before 
  

   noon. 
  In 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  afternoon 
  they 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  vessel 
  and 
  

   eat 
  their 
  supper, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  begin 
  to 
  dress 
  the 
  catch. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  caught 
  by 
  each 
  man 
  is 
  noted 
  by 
  the 
  captain, 
  

   and 
  upon 
  this 
  record 
  depends 
  each 
  man's 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds, 
  it 
  

   having 
  been 
  found 
  that 
  better 
  results 
  follow 
  this 
  system 
  than 
  on 
  

   vessels 
  where 
  all 
  fish 
  are 
  thrown 
  together, 
  all 
  men 
  sharing 
  alike. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  is 
  continued 
  each 
  day, 
  weather 
  permitting, 
  until 
  a 
  fare 
  

   has 
  been 
  secured 
  or 
  a 
  scarcity 
  of 
  fish 
  compels 
  the 
  vessel 
  to 
  seek 
  a 
  new 
  

   berth. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  voyage 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  leav- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  bank 
  for 
  a 
  fresh 
  supply 
  of 
  bait. 
  

  

  Deck 
  hand-line 
  vessels. 
  — 
  Vessels 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  often 
  fish 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   oTound 
  with 
  dory 
  hand-liners. 
  The 
  crew 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  deck. 
  The 
  

   fishing 
  gear 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  used 
  in 
  dories, 
  excepting 
  that 
  the 
  

   leads 
  are 
  heavier. 
  

  

  Trawl-line 
  vessels. 
  — 
  Line 
  trawlers 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  fishery 
  

   are 
  of 
  two 
  classes, 
  known 
  as 
  single 
  and 
  double 
  diOrj 
  fishermen, 
  so 
  

   called 
  because 
  of 
  one 
  man 
  being 
  required 
  in 
  the 
  single 
  and 
  two 
  men 
  

   in 
  the 
  double 
  dories. 
  The 
  dories 
  are 
  12 
  and 
  14 
  feet 
  long, 
  respectively. 
  

  

  Numher 
  of 
  dories 
  and 
  amount 
  of 
  gear. 
  — 
  ^Vessels 
  that 
  land 
  fresh 
  

   fish 
  from 
  offshore 
  grounds, 
  such 
  as 
  Georges, 
  Browns, 
  Cape 
  Shore, 
  

   and 
  other 
  banks, 
  carry 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  IG 
  dories. 
  Vessels 
  fishing 
  on 
  local 
  

   grounds 
  are 
  generally 
  smaller 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  consequence 
  carry 
  fewer 
  

   dories. 
  

  

  Ordinarily 
  each 
  dory 
  is 
  furnished 
  with 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  tubs 
  of 
  trawl, 
  

   each 
  tub 
  representing 
  about 
  500 
  hooks, 
  seldom 
  exceeding 
  525 
  hooks. 
  

   A 
  flour 
  barrel, 
  sawed 
  off 
  above 
  the 
  lower 
  quarter 
  hoops, 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  

   a 
  tub. 
  The 
  trawls 
  are 
  coiled 
  in 
  tubs 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  baited, 
  the 
  baited 
  

   hooks 
  being 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  in 
  rows 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

   thrown 
  out 
  quickly 
  without 
  fouling. 
  A 
  vessel 
  having 
  12 
  dories, 
  each 
  

   dory 
  operating 
  four 
  tubs 
  of 
  trawl, 
  would 
  use 
  24,000 
  hooks 
  to 
  a 
  set, 
  and 
  

  

  