FISHERIES OF THE NORTH 

 SEA 



CHAPTER I 

 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 



THIS little book is written in re- 

 sponse to the request of some 

 friends who, knowing very little 

 of the fishing industry and having many 

 misconceptions of its nature, desired a 

 plain account of the subject. The average 

 Englishman knows little of our fisheries, 

 and what information he has generally 

 comes from the popular articles printed 

 in the daily press. Such Press accounts are 

 usually written by people who are wholly 

 unacquainted with the matter. There will 

 be no attempt in these pages to be pictur- 

 esque at the expense of truth or accuracy. 

 The writer desires, if possible, to make the 



