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meeting of the Morecambe Fishermen's Association is 

 held and instructions are given to the men to the effect 

 that a definite sum of money has been allocated to them 

 for transplanting undersized mussels. Suitable days are 

 fixed, and also the hour when the work should commence. 

 The shears to be dealt with are also decided upon. On 

 the day appointed, the fleet of boats, each manned by two 

 or three fishermen, set off from Morecambe so that the 

 shears are reached some time before low water. The 



Fig. 3. — General view of Skears, with men at work. 

 boats are there either anchored or run ashore, and the men 

 at once begin work. Each man has a basket and a craam, 

 a sort of toothed rake ; with this instrument he rapidly 

 rakes the mussels into the basket. When it is filled, the 

 whole contents are washed in the sea water and then 

 transferred to the boat.* The operation is repeated until 



;: ' Occasionally some of the mussels are fished from the deeper water 

 by means of the long craam. According to the fishermen these give 

 the best results. 



