8. England 



Information with regard to the fisheries of England is contained, not only in the 

 official publications showing the statistical data, but also in various reports of parliamentary 

 subcommittees and commissions. The statistical data, indeed, have many shortcomings, up 

 to 1902 at least, so that conclusions regarding them have to be tempered by the contents 

 of these various reports. Further, these official publications deal only with certain aspects 

 of the fisheries, so that to be conversant with the whole, one has further to consult special 

 works. This want of coordination, which is probably due to the lack of a definite depart- 

 ment of fisheries in England previous to 1903, makes it difficult to gain a connected 

 account of the English fisheries at the present time. 

 Modes of Flailing Thc EugUsh modos of fishing are described by Holdsworth in the report of 186ß and 

 in the work cited, of 1874. Except in one important regard, the methods are essentially 

 the same now as in those days. They may be arranged as follows: 



I. Trawl nets IV. Sean or seine nets 



II. Lines V. Trammel and set nets 



III. Drift nets VI. Bag nets 



As the last three, the seine, trammel and bag nets, belong to the coastal or estuarine 

 fishing and are of comparatively very small importance, they need only be mentioned here. 

 Separate statistics of the quantities taken by them, of the species with which we are here 

 chieüy concerned, viz. the plaice, sole etc. do not exist, at least, have not been published. 

 Trawl Fishing The most important method of fishing, when Holdsworth prepared his account of the 



fisheries of Great Britain, was the trawling — just as it is now. At that time, however, 

 the beam-trawl — which was employed in England in the 14"" century — was the only 



Official Publications: 

 Report of the Commissioners. 1866. 

 Keport from the Select Committee on Sea Fisheries. 1893. 

 Report on the Sea Fisheries Bill. 1900. 

 Report on the System of collecting Fishery Statistics. 1902. 

 Annual Keport of Inspectors. Vol. I, 1886 et seq. 



Statistical Tables and Memorandum relating to the Sea Fisheries of the United Kingdom. 1886 (1887) et seq. 

 Report, Sea Fisheries Bill (H.L.). 1904. 



Works of Reference: 

 Holdsworth, E. W. H. : Deep-Sea Fishing and Fishing Boats. 1874. 

 Holt, E. W. L. H. : Examination of the Grimsby Trawl Fishery. Jour. M. B. A. HI. 1895. 

 CuNNiKGHAM, J. T. : Marketable Marine Fishes. 1896. 



