602 MR. T. J. WIGG OX THE HERRING FISHERY. 
At Lowestoft also, the catch created a record for the port, 
the estimated number being 37,730 crans. These figures 
show a total of 81,050 crans, that is, approximately, 8,105 
lasts, making a total in round numbers of 106,986,000 fish ! ! 
Prices at both Yarmouth and Lowestoft varied, the highest 
being six shillings per cran, and the lowest two and sixpence. 
Quality generally was very poor. A number of skippers 
failed to find a market for their fresh fish and returned to sea 
with them, some going as far as Grimsby to effect a sale. 
Although the season has beaten all previous record in the 
number of Herrings landed the cash value for fresh fish is 
probably less than that of the smaller quantity caught last 
year, and quite a number of individual fishermen and owners 
must have found the current prices less profitable. However, 
we must content ourselves with the thought that a big fishing 
produces “ the greatest happiness to the greatest number.” 
It means more employment and more wages to more hands. 
In conclusion, I extract the following from the Fish Trades 
Gazette for November 23rd, 1907, with the hope that it may 
prove of interest to any one who may read these notes : — 
“ One or two points of difference between the Scotch and 
East Anglian fishings may be worth noticing. In the Moray 
Firth and along the east coast of Scotland generally, rough, 
dark nights are always the best for fishing, but on the Norfolk 
and Suffolk coasts the best results are usually obtained on 
clear moonlight nights. Then on the Scotch coasts the Herrings 
appear to have deserted their old haunts on the inshore 
grounds and fishermen have had to go farther and farther to 
seaward for them every year — often 80 to 100 miles or more. 
The English fishing, on the other hand, is. got in a compara- 
tively small area, and usually on the same ground year after 
year. The fishing generally starts to the north of Yarmouth, 
and draws southwards as the season advances ; but occasion- 
ally this order is reversed. 
“ To judge by the enormous quantities landed at Yarmouth 
and Lowestoft in a good season, the number of herrings 
congregated on the small fishing area must be incalculable. 
“To deal with the Herrings, a larger staff of 
workers is required than on the Scotch coast. The landing 
