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herrings, conger, sunfish, haddock, gurnet, whit- 

 ing, hake, turbot, glassen, soles, plaice, doree, 

 halibut. 



Clare. Turbot, cod, ling, haddock, hake, soles, 

 whiting, gurnet, mackerel, thornback, doree, ray, 

 skate. 



Kerry. Turbot, haddock, gurnet, pollack, 

 plaice, sole, doree, cod, whiting, ray, conger, 

 mullet, mackerel, shad, bream, herrings, pilchards, 

 hake, ling, glassen. 



Cork. Turbot, sole, cod, ling, haddock, mac- 

 kerel, conger, hake, whiting, shad, pilchards, her- 

 rings, plaice, pollack, halibut, doree, skate. 



Wuterford. Cod, ling, hake, haddock, glassen, 

 herrings. 



Wexford. Cod, ling, hake, gurnet, whiting, 

 pollack, turbot, mackerel, herrings, pilchards, 

 lobsters, conger, bream, soles, plaice. 



Wicklow. Herrings, cod, oysters, ling, had- 

 dock, whiting, mackerel, soles, plaice, pollack. 



Cod. The cod fishery at Newfoundland was 

 carried on as early as 1500 by the Portuguese, 

 Biscayans, and French, but it was not until 1585 

 that the English ventured to interfere with them. 



