FOOD FISHES 



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The fishery begins in the north of Scotland in February, but 

 on other parts of the coast it is later, and at Yarmouth it 

 is not at its height until November. 



Nearly every port on the North Sea is a herring port, 

 but the largest ones are Wick, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, 

 Aberdeen, Grimsby, Hull, Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and London, 

 while on the west side of Scotland Inverary is the port for the 



FISH CURING, NEW BRUNSWICK 



celebrated Loch Fyne herrings and Mallaig and Stornoway 

 have important fisheries, 



In Aberdeen and most of the Scotch ports large numbers 

 of herrings are pickled in brine and exported to the Continent 

 of Europe, while in Yarmouth and also in Aberdeen thousands 

 are salted and dried in wood smoke, when they are known as 

 kippers and bloaters. 



On the other side of the Atlantic also there are very valuable 

 herring fisheries, especially in the Bay of Fundy and in Fortune 

 Bay (Newfoundland). The chief port is St. John (New 

 Brunswick). 



