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St. Ives, Port Isaac. June to August : Peel and Port 

 St. Mary (Isle of Man). 



Scotland. — January and February : Stornoway, 

 Campbeltown, Wick, Anstruther, Dunbar, Eyemouth 

 and the Lochs, and some seasons at Buckie, Fraser- 

 burgh, Peterhead, and Aberdeen. There is com- 

 paratively nothing done in March and April. May 

 and June : Stornoway, Castlebay, and Loch Fyne — 

 the latter continuing more or less all the summer. 

 Shetland fishing begins about the second week in 

 June, and of late years it has continued to August. 

 July and August : The great herring fishing along the 

 whole of the East Coast of Scotland from Wick to 

 Eyemouth. The chief ports are in the order given, 

 viz., Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Wick, Aberdeen, Mont- 

 rose, and Eyemouth. 



Ireland. — The summer fishing begins as early as 

 February 1st, but is not general until about April 

 and May. In those districts where the season 

 begins in February it finishes at the end of March, 

 the general fishing closing about July 31st. The 

 autumn herring season opens during the first week 

 of August and continues until the following January. 

 The chief herring fishing ports are : Bantry, Castle- 

 town-Berehaven, Baltimore, Castletownsend, Kinsale, 

 Dunmore (May and June), Arklow, Howth, Ardglass, 

 Greenore (June and July). On the Donegal coast at 

 Downings Bay and district the early season begins 

 at the end of April and continues through May and 

 June, and in some seasons there are good fishings in 

 November and December. 



The Norway herring season opens about the end 

 of December and continues until about the middle 

 of May. 



y On the coast of Norfolk very few herrings 

 are caught in January. Towards the end of 



