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NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



the White Sea third, with nearly 129,000. The table 

 from the official chart may be quoted, showing the 

 " regions" and their actual dimensions. The table 

 indicates at a glance how wide afield the modern British 

 trawler goes in quest of prey 



Fishes may and do change quarters ; but their instinct 

 is no match for the experience and wisdom of the ruth- 

 less admirals who, as soon as a particular ground is fished 

 bare or ceases to yield satisfactory hauls, order their 

 fleets to new regions perhaps a hundred or more miles 

 away. These sudden shiftings are a sore trial to carriers 

 returning from market. Their skippers have to go on 

 seeking till they find, and there are cases on record of 

 skippers burning all their coal and consuming all their 



