CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1883. 



MR. EDWARD HENEAGE, M.P., occupied the chair. 



LINE FISHING. 



BY the courtesy of the promoters of this Exhibition I have 

 been requested to read a paper on the subject of Line 

 Fishing. 



Whatever may be the imperfection of my remarks on 

 the subject, I venture to speak to you as one who has for 

 many years past paid some attention to the subject, and 

 who has had a considerable range of experience, not only 

 within the fishing grounds of the North Sea, but beyond 

 the North Cape of Norway, on the great fishery of Fin- 

 marken, and the various other fisheries of that coast, and 

 in another direction on those of Iceland and the Faroe 

 Islands. 



In order to avoid trespassing on the patience of my 

 audience I have curtailed my remarks as much as possible. 

 Very much more might be said, but then I do not claim 

 that my paper will be exhaustive. 



Line-fishing refers to the capture of fish by line and 

 hook. It is divided into two systems : 1st, Long-line 

 fishing, which implies a continuous length of line with 

 hooks attached on smaller lines of about three feet length at 



