BEITISH INDUSTRIES. 



SEA FISHBEIES. 



BY E, W. H. HOLDSWORTH, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



THE position occupied by the Sea Fisheries among 

 the industries of the United Kingdom is one of pecu- 

 liar importance. Their value in adding largely to the 

 food resources of the country is of course very great ; 

 but it is scarcely less important, that they cannot be 

 carried on without contributing to the development 

 of particular trades and manufactures, all of which 

 are of essential consequence to a maritime people like 

 our own; and that they are a regular means of training 

 a large number of men and boys to the endurance of 

 hardships and dangers, which are unavoidable elements 

 in a seafaring life. And when we consider the extent 

 of our coast line, and that at even every little village 

 on it, some of the population, and frequently many of 

 them, are fishermen, we can hardly doubt but that the 

 self-reliance and forethought induced in them by the 

 necessities of their vocation, must have some influence 

 for good on the national character. 



The present condition of our sea fisheries may be 



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