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ROUGH NOTES ON THE FISH AND FISHERIES 



OF EAST SUFFOLK. 



By Arthur H. Patterson. 



(Concluded from p. 421.) 



Cod (Gad us morrhua). — Plentifully taken all along the Suffolk 

 coast by sea-anglers, and in nets. Col. Leathes tells a grue- 

 some tale about a large Cod captured off Corton by a fisherman, 

 who found inside it "an entire full-grown baby with its chin 

 slightly cut by the knife used by him." The Colonel gives the 

 name of the fisherman, and I give the story on his authority 

 ('Rough Notes'). At a sea-angling match held at Lowestoft 

 in 1905, seventeen Cod were taken which totalled a weight of 

 170 lb. Mr. Canova tells me that he has known Cods taken at 

 Southwold up to 50 lb. weight, but that they have fallen off 

 greatly in recent years. The largest for 1908-9 was 30 lb. 



[Dorse (G. morrhua callarias). — This much-discussed fish — a 

 rich brown coloured fish— is classed by Dr. Day, our best 

 authority, as a mere variety of Gadus morrhua, although claimed 

 as a true species by some other authorities. Wake lists it for 

 Southwold. One is described by Mr. J. H. Gumey in Dr. Lowe's 

 List (Nor. N. S.) as " caught at Lowestoft, on May 16th, 1851, 

 and called there by the fishermen a ' lord,' resembling the 

 variety . . . figured by Yarrell." Length, 15J in.] 



Haddock {Gadus cegleftnus). — Once plentiful enough locally, 

 it is now not common by any means. It is on the Southwold 

 list (Wake). Numbers are brought by fishing-smacks into 

 Lowestoft, the larger supplies hailing from Grimsby. 



Bib {G. luscus). — Variously known as Whiting-Pout and 

 Bastard- Whiting. Lowestoft (J. H. G.). Numbers of very 

 small, finger-length Bibs are caught by boys on hooks in the 

 basins. I found a number dead from the Shrimp-boats, August 

 13th, 1909. When once taken out of the water they must perish, 



