CHAPTER V. 



FISHING IMPLEMENTS AND MODE OF 

 CAPTURE. 



THE nets used for 

 catching herrings 

 vary in length and num- 



ber of mesh, according to the 

 waters fished and mode of fishing. 

 Thus, in the Bay of Soraka, in the White 

 Sea, during the winter months, holes are made 

 in the ice for the nets, which range from 1 12 to 245 feet 

 long, by 17 to 28 feet deep ; while their autumn fish- 

 ing is done with nets 56 feet long, which are attended 

 by a couple of boats, each manned by three men, the 

 nets that are hauled in from the shore being from 

 350 to 700 feet long. In Sweden nets are used vary- 

 ing from 35 to 120 fathoms long, by 12 to 26 yards 

 deep, meshes ranging from 1 8 to 24 to the yard. In 

 Deep Sacke Bay the nets are from 40 to 45 fathoms, 

 by 8 to 10 fathoms deep, 30 meshes to the yard. In 

 Scotland nets run 60 yards by 18 to 20 deep, with 

 meshes varying from 33 to 42 to the yard, and their 

 boats carry from 40 to 80 nets, which are now gene- 

 rally made of cotton, This being about half the 



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