186 HISTORY OP SEA-FISHERIES. 



cod, ling, turbot, conger, hake, herrings, lobsters, 

 crabs, crayfish, mackerel, oysters, pilchards, 

 salmon, anchovies, sardines, sturgeon, and tunny. 

 With the exception of the four last-named de- 

 scriptions, the fishermen of this country are 

 engaged in the taking of all these fish, and 

 pursue their calling to an extent which makes 

 each section an important branch of national 

 industry. 



The quantity of other kinds of fish taken by 

 the British fisherman is exceedingly great, and 

 furnishes constant employment throughout the 

 year to a great number of men on almost every 

 part of the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 but it has not been usual to apply the word 

 " fisheries " otherwise than as already mentioned. 



Of the British fisheries, some are carried on 

 in rivers or their estuaries, and others in the bays 

 or along the coasts. Our principal cod-fishing is 

 on the banks of Newfoundland, and for whales 

 our ships frequent the shores of Greenland, 

 Davis's Straits, and the South Seas ; also for many 

 years past fine fishing grounds have been fre- 

 quented on the coasts of the colonies of Australia 

 and the Cape of Good Hope. 



