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FISHES AND FISHING 



Haddock or Whiting Fishing Gear. 



8 2-pound lines, as above, @ 21s. per dozen 

 160 No. 15 hooks and loops, @ 20s. per 1,000 

 Snoods, basket, cork, and fixing, as above . . 



Per basket 



s. 



M 



3 



16 



£1 14 



The following are required for a full outfit of 20 dozen lines : 



£ s- d. 



15 28-pound buoy anchors . . . . . . at o 8 o 



15 60-fathom buoy ropes . . . . . . o 10 6 



2 buoy lights . . . . . . . . . . o 15 o 



12 small wooden buoys . . . . . . o 12 6 



3 large captain buoys . . . . . . . . o 14 o 



1 line hauler . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 o 



12 willows for buoys .. .. .. .. ,,001 



12 yards bunting for buoys . . . . . . ,,008 



Plain hooks, unmounted, should cost from 5s. 6d. to 

 7s. 6d. per 1,000 ; and conger swivel hooks, unmounted, 

 about £1 18s. per 1,000. 



As will be seen, the only item which varies much 

 in price in lines of various strength is the actual lines 

 themselves, which increase in price according to their 

 weight. 



We believe that Scotch fishermen often use 60- 

 fathom lines, five lines to a basket ; these cost about 

 £1 12s. 6d. per basket. We do not know the weight of 

 such lines, which is, however, probably 3 to 4 pounds 

 per line. 



A commercial line fishery is carried on off the Portu- 

 guese coast in very deep water, and as the method 

 employed may be found useful elsewhere, a brief de- 

 scription of the gear examined and described by 

 Vaillant follows. 



The line used consists of a hauling line, 650 to 

 700 fathoms long, and about J inch in diameter, to 

 which are fastened twenty to forty hook lines of the 



