THE TRAWLING GROUNDS 



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West of Scotland Grounds 

 landings in england. all figures in cwts. 



Total Fish. Plaice. 



1906 . . . 238,977 .. 2,770 



1907 . . . 405,823 .. 6,673 



1908 . . . 656,142 . . 8,198 



1909 . . . 782,712 . . 12,429 



1910 . . , 796,728 .. 8,317 



1911 . . . 736,807 .. 5,097 



1912 . . . 706,679 .. 4,594 



1913 . . . 609,340 .. 757 



Another region is the west of Ireland, which forms a continuation 

 of the preceding area. It continues from Eagle Island to a line 

 drawn west from Loop Head in County Clare. Here the continental 

 shelf does not terminate so abruptly. The trawlable area is com- 

 puted at 9000 sq. miles. These grounds, at any rate in deeper 

 water, are well stocked with hake. The other principal fish are 

 haddock and megrims, mixed with bream and gurnards. 



The next area is that of the south of Ireland. An extensive 

 region known as the south-west bank lies to the south and south- 

 westward of Ireland. It is separated by an irregular line following 

 the loo-metre sounding from the adjacent areas of the Bristol and 

 English Channels. Considerably more than half the fish landed 

 from this area are hake ; it may therefore be considered as a typical 

 deep-water trawling area. The " Blaskets," an important fishing 

 ground, lie on the line between it and the area of the west of Ireland' 

 while another important fishing ground, the " Smalls," is on the 

 line between it and the Bristol Channel. Its area is 50,500 sq. 

 miles and, next to hake, skates, haddock, bream, megrims and ling 

 are the most abundant species. The statistics of the hake landed 

 in England and Wales from these grounds is appended : — 



Hake 



AH weights in cwts. 



