38 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



shallow seabed that the fish travel; and 

 there is every likelihood that on the shore 

 depths of Greenland there are varieties of 

 halibut, haddock, and cod-fish in great 

 abundance. The increased values of fish, 

 which without doubt will be maintained 

 in future years, should make the fishing 

 of these areas a profitable industry of great 

 magnitude. It would take a week for a 

 Grimsby or Hull trawler to reach these 

 grounds, but this is not too great a length 

 of time when one remembers that not 

 many years ago the journey to Iceland was 

 of the same duration. South of this area 

 are the banks of Labrador, where annually 

 800 or 900 Newfoundland schooners follow 

 the cod-fish in the season. 



Continuing possible extensions in future 

 years we reach Baffin Bay. Who knows 

 what this enormous waste of water con- 

 tains ? Of an area twice that of the North 

 Sea, and open to navigation for only a short 

 season in the year, its possibilities are 

 unknown, and we can only infer by deduc- 

 tions from conditions prevailing in other 

 northern areas that there are favourable 

 indications of the presence of food fishes 



