160 NORTH SEA PISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



rapidity into the headquarters of the steam-trawling 

 industry in Scotland. It is only thirty years since 

 steam-trawling and steam line-fishing as organised 

 trades were introduced in the city. In 1891 there were 

 only 59 steam-trawlers and 6 liners belonging to the 

 port, the value of the trawlers, including their gear, 

 being ,180,102; in 1910 the number of trawlers had 

 risen to 217, and of liners to 53, the value of the 

 trawlers being ,876,620, and of the liners "121,015. 

 The total value of trawlers and liners was, therefore, 

 ,997,635. The total value of the trawlers and liners 

 in 1891 was .192,822. The increase in the number of 

 fishermen employed has been, of course, correspondingly 

 great. In 1910 there were employed in trawlers alone 

 at this port no fewer than 2127 men, a number which 

 was much greater than the total of all classes of 

 fishermen employed at Aberdeen in 1893. In 1910 the 

 quantity and value of the white fish landed at Aberdeen 

 were the highest in the port's history; the port con- 

 tributed 65 per cent, of the total quantity, and 69 per 

 cent, of the value, of the white fish landed in Scotland. 



One of the most striking features of the industry 

 at Aberdeen is the building and equipping of steam- 

 trawlers. These vessels are beautiful examples of their 

 class, and a peculiarity of them is their method of show- 

 ing their sidelights. These are placed in lighthouses 

 forward, in the same picturesque fashion as that of some 

 of the earlier ocean liners, of which examples are still 

 afloat. While dealing with this chapter, I saw at 

 Aberdeen no fewer than 10 fine trawlers on the stocks 

 alongside each other, and several more were being 

 completed after launching. 



