HO THE COMMERCIAL SEA FISHES OF 



Habitat. In the northern seas of Europe and Americ 

 from about the 67 to the 50 of latitudes, for such as ai 

 found north or south of these limits are either few 

 quantity or inferior in quality, except perhaps along the 

 coast of Norway, where, due to the ^presence of a warm 

 gulf stream, it may be taken a little further to the north, 

 while those present in Greenland are small, emaciated, and 

 voracious. It extends principally from the south and west 

 coasts of Iceland and the shores of the Scandinavian 

 Peninsula, through the North Sea and coasts of the British 

 Isles to those of France ; while it is most abundant off 

 Newfoundland, where a mud-bank, more than 100 leagues 

 long, and 60 broad, exists, buried in the ocean at from 

 60 to 100 feet or more below the surface. 



In the Orkneys it is said to swarm around the coast, but 

 Low remarked that in his time the fishery had become 

 abandoned, and they were little sought after ; they are 

 very abundant in Zetland, and are taken all round our 

 coasts, but in decreasing numbers as we proceed south- 

 wards. It is abundant in the sea around the islands to the 

 north and west of Scotland ; has been locally remarked 

 upon as present at Wick ; along the coast of Banff; Aber- 

 deen. In the Moray Firth in all seasons, but most plen- 

 tiful in March. St. Andrews, common. Firth of Forth, 

 all the year round. Yorkshire, abundant ; codlings are 

 taken plentifully inshore, and ascend the estuary of the 

 Humber as far as Goole. From Lincolnshire and Norfolk 

 to the mouth of the Thames ; Devonshire coast not so com- 

 mon or good as those from the north or north-east coast. 

 In Cornwall, common all round on sandy banks, and rough 

 ground in sheltered bays, but rarely in good condition for 

 the table. In Ireland common around the coast. 



The largest Pennant heard of from our coasts weighed 



