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where their services are in great request. Although 

 trawling has been carried on for many years along this 

 part of the coast, the grounds which have been, and 

 continue to be, systematically worked by the Dublin 

 smacks are not very extensive. They lie for the most 

 part within a triangular space between Dublin and 

 Dundrum bays and the Isle of Man. The fishing 

 grounds consist of an irregular series of patches dif- 

 fering in shape and extent, and these are worked more 

 or less successfully according to the season ; the inner 

 grounds the neighbourhood of the Kish Bank, Skerries 

 Bay, and the Mountain Foot ground being fished 

 during the colder months. The Isle of Man ground, 

 abounding in soles, and lying in deep water, is usually 

 worked from March to July. In January many of the 

 smacks go to the coast of Waterford and fish on what is 

 called the Saltee ground, a very productive patch 

 about south-west from the Saltee light-ship. There 

 are bye-laws in force on parts of the coast prohibiting 

 trawling in certain bays, but these regulations appear 

 to have been made more with the idea of satisfying the 

 complaints of the line fishermen, than from any belief 

 that the trawlers did any harm. 



Line fishing is general along the eastern coast, and 

 long-lining is largely carried on in Dublin Bay and 

 northwards. The fishermen at Eush have devoted 

 themselves principally to that kind of work, by which 

 they catch cod, ling, haddock, and conger, not only 

 in their own neighbourhood, but also during their 

 occasional visits to the western and southern parts of 

 the island. The disappearance of the haddock from 



