36 BRITISH FISH AND FISHERIES. 



fish. Herrings are also taken in Cardigan and 

 Swansea Bays. In Ireland, herring fisheries 

 are carried on along the coast of Donegal, in the 

 estuary of the Shannon, on the coast between 

 Dingle Bay and Kenmare, in Bantry Bay, and 

 on the Wicklow coast, as well as at other stations. 

 With respect to codfish, coalfish, ling, hake, 

 torsk, haddock, etc., the fishery is carried on in 

 a great variety of places. We may especially 

 notice the Orkney and Shetland Isles, and the 

 Doggerbank. The coast of Aberdeenshire is 

 noted for haddocks of the finest quality.* 

 Within the last few years, some migratory 

 movement has brought great quantities of cod 

 along the coasts of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, and Essex a circumstance which has 

 made considerable alteration in the fishery, and 

 the price of these fish in the London market. 

 The fishing smacks belonging to Barking, 

 Gravesend, and other ports on the Thames, 

 have become much increased in number to the 

 reduction of those of Harwich, and more distant 

 ports. The Harwich store-boats, with wells 

 for the preservation of the fish alive, used 

 formerly to come up the Thames as far as 

 Gravesend, and send up a portion of their cargo 



* They are cured at the village of Finnan, near Aberdeen. 

 A Finnan haddock is much esteemed as a delicacy. 



