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of fish to the markets all over the country, shows how 

 utterly unimportant is the destruction complained of. 

 It might be easily put a stop to; but the shrimp 

 fishery would come to an end at the same time. 



I will now pass on to the Cornish fisheries, there 

 being little to be said about Barnstaple Bay, Bideford, 

 and Clovelly, except that the ordinary methods of fish- 

 ing are in use near the land, and are more or less 

 successful according to the season, but they are never 

 of any great importance. 



The fishery which is especially associated with Corn- 

 wall is that for pilchards, and next in importance to it 

 is the mackerel fishery ; besides these there are her- 

 rings, line-fish, and a great many crabs and lobsters to 

 be fished for, and deep-sea trawling is carried on by a 

 few vessels from Penzance and Falmouth. St. Ives 

 takes a very important position in connection with the 

 pilchard fishery. It has a large fleet of fine boats 

 which are used for the drift fishery, but it is particu- 

 larly celebrated for its extensive use of the pilchard 

 seans. Under the head of sean fishing I have given 

 an account of the manner in which these nets are 

 worked so as to enclose the shoals of fish, and I will 

 now speak more particularly of what takes place at 

 St. Ives during the seaning season. 



Pilchards are included with herrings, mackerel, and 

 sprats under the general title of migratory fish, that is, 

 they only appear near the land during certain months 

 every year. At other times, they are supposed to be in 

 deep water, and possibly far away ; but on these points 

 there is literally nothing whatever known, nor can we 



