limited, information and one is certainly conservative in stating 
that several million pounds are lost annually, while a much larger 
quantity could doubtless be obtained if those spots were fished 
where the plaice are most abundant. In 1915 Captain Thor Iversen 
showed us a very large catch of plaice that had been made when 
trying for cod, and we have been informed by fishermen of their 
having made similar hauls. 
CAPTURE. 
The marketable fish, which are 12 inches or more in length, may 
be taken on the set lines or ‘trawls’, although they take the hook 
only moderately well, not being as ravenous as the cod and halibut. 
These ‘long lines’, ‘trawls’, or ‘bultows’, as they are called, con- 
sist of a heavy ‘ground line’ to which are attached short ‘snoods’ 
of lighter material, each with a baited hook. The whole line is 
stretched on bottom with an anchor of some sort at each end and 
one or more buoys, and is left a variable length of time before 
hauling. From the standpoint of the conservation of the stock of 
plaice this is the best method, since only the large marketable fish 
are caught. 
They may be taken in very large numbers by the beam or otter 
trawl (net trawl), which is towed along the bottom, and which can 
be operated over a large proportion of the ground which they 
frequent. This method has the disadvantage of taking the small 
ones as well as the large, and is therefore destructive to the stock. 
Since the plaice is not very active, it may be taken quite easily by 
a small net trawl towed rather slowly, such as could be operated 
from a large motor boat or small fishing vessel. The capture of the 
small fish is to some extent prevented by the use of a net with large 
meshes. 
DISPOSAL. 
This fish has long been sold on European markets and in the 
large cities of the eastern United States, and quite recently it has 
appeared on the markets of at least one of our large cities, where 
it has realized from 10 to 124 cents per pound in the fresh condition. 
Undoubtedly a very large quantity can be disposed of in this way, 
and it appears to keep fully as well as cod and haddock, judging 
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