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Stipple shows German War Zone 

 established about the British Isles. 



MAP SHOWING THi: FISHING BANKS OF THF NORTH SEA AND THE WAR ZONE 



ABOUT THE BRITISH ISLES 



average English fisherman is responsible 

 for a catch of nearly ten tons of fish a 

 year, and its value is about $505. 



The fish that come to Grimsby are 

 mostly the food of the masses, for 

 Grimsby is a port of trawlers. It is 

 Lowestoft and Yarmouth that give to the 

 epicure and the gourmet his supply of 

 fish, for Lowestoft is the port of the 

 graceful sailing vessel, with its lines of 

 baited hooks, bringing in 12,000 tons of 

 turbot, sole, and brill annually. 



BIEIvINGSGATE EISH SALES 



It is at Billingsgate that one encounters 

 the world's greatest middleman's fish 

 market. London devours over one and 

 a half million pounds of fish every day 

 in normal times — a quarter of a million 

 tons a year that means. Eleven railroads 



bring about 550 tons a day and the re- 

 mainder comes by water. Before being 

 ofi^ered for sale, the fish at Billingsgate 

 are inspected by a commission of the 

 "Worshipful Company of Fishmongers," 

 which holds letters patent granted it by 

 King Edward I at the beginning of the 

 thirteenth century. This ancient society 

 represents, through the "North Sea Pro- 

 tective Association," more than fifty of 

 the leading fishing companies of the 

 L'^nited Kingdom. 



Our great American fish culturist. Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith, in speaking of the her- 

 ring industry, says : "A tale as stirring as 

 any fiction could be based upon the part 

 played by the sea-herring in the history 

 of some of the principal countries. 'Its 

 spawning and feeding grounds have de- 

 termined the location of cities,' and in 



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