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called Haddock-grounds from tue western part of the Doggerbank; here the fishery takes 

 place in early winter (November and December) especially. In February and March, the 

 fish grounds to the north and north-west of Doggerbank are preferable. Towards the end 

 of March and in the course of April, the Great and the Little Fisher Bank are visited. 



The latter Fisher Banks and the sea to the north of the Little Fisher Bank, till about 

 58° Lat. N., form at the same time the principal fishgrounds for the summer longline- 

 fishery of the ships of Middelharnis, Fernis and Zwartewaal. In old time, these ships 

 exercised the longline-fishery in summer much more to the north and even went as far 

 north as Iceland. The hook-fishery off Iceland was quite given up, only of late a few experiments 

 were made to reestablish it. Not so very many years ago, in Holland, longline fishery 

 took place as coast-fishery with very small ships from coast-places like Helder. This fishery 

 in later years has been given up, in consequence of the bad results that were obtained with it. 



3) Trawl-fishery. The Dutch trawl-fishery is partly coast-fishery and partly high- 

 sea-fishery. 



As coast-fishery it is practised: 



a. by Bumboats (from Scheveningen, Katwijk and Noordwijk), 



b. by the small vessels from Helder etc. and 



c. by the shrimpers from Flushing etc. 

 As high-sea fishery it is exercised: 



d. by the steam-trawlers, 



6. by those steamers which fish with the herringnets in summer and with the trawl 



in winter and spring and 

 f. by sailing-ships (cutters etc.) from Ymuiden and ter Neuzen, as also by luggers 



from Scheveningen and Katwijk. 



a. Some of the bumboats from Scheveningen, Katwijk and Noordwijk fish with the 

 trawl in the North Sea from the end of January till about Easter. As a rule, they remain 

 in the neighbourhood of the coast, the principal region for their trade being from the 

 Dutch coast till upon and slightly beyond the Broad Fourteens. In former times, they 

 went to the Doggerbank in early spring, there to catch large plaice and haddocks; of late 

 this has been given up, as the profit does no more pay the trouble. 



b. The fleet of "betters", "schokkers", "blazers" etc. fishing in the North Sea from 

 the mouth of the Maas, from the harbours of Ymuiden and Helder, but also from Ter- 

 schelling and from some coast-places in Friesland, fishes on the banks along the Dutch 

 coast: the Texel ground, the Terschelling and Ameland grounds etc. Only in summer, the 

 larger ones go from the coast slightly further: beyond the Broad Fourteens, outside the 

 Terschelling Lightship etc. 



c. The shrimpers from (Arnemuiden) Flushing, from Goedereede and from some other 

 coast places, fish to a large extent in the estuaries and also (those of Scheveningen, Kat- 

 wijk etc.) in the immediate neigbourhood of the coast. 



d. e and f. The larger Dutch ships fishing with the trawl in the North Sea, spread 

 more or less over all the favorable trawling grounds of that sea, varying their fishing 

 ground according to season and the special aim of their fishery. Only exceptionally, they 

 go to fishing grounds outside that area: to the fishing ground near the Faeroe islands, near 

 Iceland etc. In 1903, from March till September, 5—10 Dutch steam-trawlers in varying 

 number have been fishing off Iceland. 



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