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only a few in the nets they are shot away again for another 

 hour or two, but if there is a good look on the crew are 

 called to go to work and haul the fleet. Other drift fishings 

 are similar. 



A trawler is not able to do this ; when the hauling is Trawler, 

 commenced it must be completed. Owing to the gear 

 having increased a good deal in size and weight of late 

 years the practice of some trawlers has been to make long 

 hauls, some even as long as four tides instead of one as 

 should be. This is done to save the labour of hauling, 

 which will average a good hour's work. The fish in these 

 long hauls are much bruised and spoilt, and will not keep 

 so well as those hauled more quickly, and all the small fry 

 are killed. But it may be expected that the introduction 

 of steam capstans will do much to alter this, as by this 

 means the hauling is done in about half-an-hour, with 

 very little labour. There is not much variety in the 

 mode of life aboard fishing vessels. The cabins are of 

 necessity small, though much improved of late years. 

 Occasionally some member of the crew will while away the 

 time with music from a concertina, or in fine weather 

 draughts may be played on the companion way (there 

 being no room for tables in most of the cabins), or 

 they sit and read, but of course there is no chance of this 

 in bad weather or when large hauls of offal fish are made, 

 as these take much time in cleaning and icing. 



Trawlers work in two ways, either single boating, which Single 



boating. 



means bringing in the fish they catch themselves, or in 

 fleets. The duration of a single boating trip is from three 

 to fourteen days, according to the success met with or the 

 stock of ice. Several tons of this are usually taken. 



A fleet will consist of from about a score of vessels to Fleets. 

 two or three hundred sail. The smaller fleets will only be 



