in their primary duties. They augmented their catch considerably, after 

 the example of the Americans and Canadians, by underhauling their lines 

 several times a day, rebaiting on the spot. 



Another innovation of the first importance in the yield of the fishery was 

 the installation of a refrigeration room permitting carrying a supply of fro- 

 zen herring for bait. 



The vessels thus equipped found themselves freed from the obligation of 

 diverting a part of the crew from their principal function in order to get bait. 

 Besides, they used a fresh bait which the cod greatly preferred to the more 

 or less decomposed Buccinus and on which they hurled themselves avidly. 



In fact, it was maintained by the captains of vessels using Buccinus for 

 bait that these new vessels using frozen herring attracted cod away from 

 their vessels toward the herring bait. 



The motors of these vessels enabled rapid lifting of the anchor by means 

 of a sturdy motor winch., giving the captains great facility in quickly going 

 to other areas after cod in case the local fishing was poor, a course which 

 the captains of the older line trawlers hesitated to take except as a last re- 

 sort because of the time lost in raising the anchor. 



Thus the yield of these line trawlers was considerably increased over 

 that of the old three-masters. With a crew of from 50 to 55 men, these 

 boats could catch 15, 000 to 16, 000 quintals in the course of a season. 



The treatment of by-products of the fishery, liver oil, fish glue, some- 

 times roe, for which the vessels are especially equipped, adds an important 

 profit. Besides, while at the end of the season, the freezing room is almost 

 emptied of herring, it is advantageously utilized for storing various fish such 

 as haddock, halibut, ling- cod, pollock, all of which bring good prices when 

 landed. 



The results of these attempts, as well as the experience of foreign line 

 trawlers, promise the possibility of a great line trawl fishery maintaining 

 itself and developing alongside the trawler fishery. Moreover, one must 

 consider that there are large areas of the banks with bottom unsuitable for 

 trawling, offering to the line trawl fishery an exclusive area of exploitation 

 with high yields. 



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