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station on the East Coast of Scotland, 

 reach three-quarters of a million pounds. 

 The herring is as important to the 

 North Scottish people as the pptato is 

 to Ireland. 



Among fishing ports, Grimsby holds a 

 supreme and unassailable position, its 

 volume of traffic being three times as great as 

 that of any other fishing port in the world. 

 Unlike other stations there is no slack 

 season; every month, every week in the 

 year the activity is unceasing. A good 

 daily supply means a hundred ships lying 

 stem on to the quayside, landing each 

 30,000 to 40,000 Ib. of fresh fish. In the 

 autumn this quantity is doubled by the 

 arrival of the herring fleets, when, in 

 addition to supplying the requirements of 

 the home consumer, the trade sends ship- 

 loads to Altona and Hamburg. Where 

 the volume of traffic is greatest the oppor- 

 tunities are greatest, so that it is safe to 

 assume that future developments of the 

 British fisheries will continue to be great- 

 est at Grimsby. The future movement of 

 the British fishing industry is towards 

 amalgamation and concentration on a 



