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principally carried on by local boats which work from Kinsale 

 to the Minch. The mackerel arrive on this coast about June 

 and remain till September. Herrings are about here from 

 October till January. A considerable amount of line 

 fishing is also done. 



On the Irish coasts the trawling, herring and mackerel Ireland, 

 fisheries are extensively prosecuted, but principally on 

 the east coast. The mackerel fishing commences in April 

 and ends in June. In July the summer herring fishery 

 commences and continues till October, but in May there 

 are shotten herrings which are sometimes fished for. A 

 good amount of line fishing is also done. 



Enough has now been said on this point to show how varied 

 the fishings are on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and 

 how carefully legislative measures must be taken. The 

 periods named cannot be depended on, for wind, weather 

 and temperatures make them vary very much ; also the 

 great difference in the craft, methods of working, and modes 

 employed for capturing the fish has been shown ; and further, 

 how difficult it is to legislate for one district alone, as craft 

 from one port go so far away to others, and work on different 

 principles to the local boats though they are fishing for the 

 same kind of fish. Let a few of the present grievances be Grievances, 

 considered which point to this difficulty. At the present 

 time the principal grievance on the northern coasts is that the 

 trawlers come from more southerly ports and damage or 

 break away the gear of the line fishermen, and also of the crab 

 and lobster fishermen. This is complained of by the Dutch 

 also, who say that when our trawlers are working on their 

 coasts they destroy their lines. At Hull and Grimsby the great 

 grievances of the present time are the apprentice and deser- 

 tions questions. At Yarmouth, apprentices being almost un- 

 known, the principal grievance is the desertions question, and 



