CHAPTER VII 

 THE LANDINGS 



BRITAIN. In 1913 the value of 

 fish landed in the British Isles was 

 14,230,000, the great bulk of which 

 was landed on the East Coast. The herring 

 is individually the most important fish, 

 and its pursuit is mainly prosecuted 

 by the " drifters. " Almost all fish 

 other than herring are caught with the 

 trawl, and trawling is now the chief 

 industry, the herring fishery being quite 

 separate. 



Grimsby is by far the most important 

 centre, the landings there averaging 

 200,000 tons at a value of over 3,000,000 

 in normal years. Aberdeen and Hull 

 receive each about one- third this volume 

 of traffic, after which London, Lowestoft, 

 Yarmouth, Milford, and Fleetwood follow 



with a value of about 500,000 each. As 



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