610 INDEX. 



English Channel, its principal fishing-grounds, 257 

 Entrances to harbours, 84-86 



Eyemouth, improved harbour accommodation necessary, 9 ; proposed plan 

 for providing funds by means of Government loan, 10 



FACTORY Acts, preparation of fish exempted from their operation, 205 



Fare Cove, its adaptability for conversion into a harbour, 17 j suggestions as 



to provision of necessary funds, 18 

 Farringdon Fish Market, 164 



Fast-days, their abolition by law, 175 j revived under another form, 176 

 Filey Bay, its suitability as a site for a harbour of refuge, 6 ; breakwaters 

 should be constructed at national expense, 6 ; fishery harbour by local 

 efforts, aided by Government loan, 6 ; necessity for adopting a com- 

 prehensive design for the work, 7 



Fisheries, statistics of British fisheries, 141, 142 ; importance of the fishing 

 industry among the Greeks and Romans, 143; in Venice, 144; in 

 Norway, 145 ; in Canada, 144 ; in the United States, 144 ; legislation 

 in reference to British fisheries, 144, 222 ; sea fisheries a nursery for the 

 navy, 173, 174 ; alleged injurious effects of various artificial causes, 203 j 

 distinction between sea- and fresh-water fisheries, 206 j dangers of legis- 

 lating on insufficient data, 209 ; influence of scientific research on their 

 development, 211 j fuller statistics required, 215 ; state of the law at 

 present with respect to sea fisheries, 219 ; the future relations of the 

 State towards the fisheries, 220 ; objects sought to be obtained by legis- 

 lation, 227 ; modes of prosecuting the fishery, 230 ; trade terms to 

 distinguish various kinds of fish, 230, 270 ; fishing ports of England, 

 Wales, and the Isle of Man, 255-257 ; suggestions as to the character of 

 legislation for the protection of fisheries, 275 ; importance of exact 

 information as a basis for legislation, 285 



Fishermen, frequency of their complaints against each other, 202 ; necessity 

 of imparting to them scientific knowledge, 218 ; exemption from dues 

 for use of natural harbours and waste land, 242, 243, 249 ; their right to 

 exercise restricted trades, 243 \ their exemption from impressment, 175, 

 241, 242, 249, 250; penalties for breach of contract, 2505 their rating, 

 254 ; enactments regulating the use of various kinds of nets, 278-280 ; 

 expediency of Government loans to fishermen discussed, 283 ; state of 

 law with regard to absconding from employment, 284 j facilities offered 

 to fishermen by railway companies for travelling at reduced fares, 289 

 Fishery Harbour Board, formation of such a board advocated, 37 j its 



constitution and mode of working, 38 



Fishguard, its suitability as a site for a harbour of refuge, 23, 24 

 Fishing-boats, grant of bounties, 179; lettering and numbering, 192, 237; 

 their classification, 234 ; production of certificate of registration by 

 owners, 236 ; definition of term fishing-boats, 237 ; lights to be carried 

 by fishing vessels, 205, 237, 238, 266 ; international law with respect to 

 fishing-boats, 238 ; subject to the operation of the Merchant Shipping 

 Acts, 237, 250, 251 j payment of crews, 251 

 " Fixed engines " for taking fish, 146, 232 



