THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 895,— January 15th, 1916. 



SOME FISH-NOTES FROM GREAT YARMOUTH AND 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR 1915. 



By Arthur H. Patterson 



(Associate of the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain). 



The Great War has been by no means conducive to an 

 accumulation of my East Coast Fish Notes ; on the other hand, 

 it has been most disastrous in its effects upon the fishing indus- 

 tries connected with this and adjacent ports. The Herring 

 fishery had been, up till the commencement of October, prac- 

 tically at a standstill, whilst considerable numbers of fishermen 

 and others connected with this great industry had gone either 

 into the Navy or kindred branches that appertain to it, or had 

 departed into other spheres of labour, not a few going into the 

 Army: A few of my notes will have a somewhat warlike flavour. 

 During the first week in October some score Scotch boats 

 had arrived to fish from this port, and a few fisher-girls had 

 come south to engage in gutting and pickling operations. 

 Abnormal prices marked the progress of the fishing, varying in 

 degree according to the numbers and qualities landed. Record 

 figures were obtained, which will be mentioned later on. Our 

 shrimping fleet had been much reduced in number of boats, partly 

 owing to the depleted ranks of the men ; and those who also 

 remained to dredge for Shrimps, and put in their small trawls 

 for mixed catches, did so under certain restrictions which much 

 hampered them. 

 Zool. ith ser., vol. XX., Januarij, 1916. B 



