BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 289 
60 .— THE BEAl-TRAWL FISHERY ©F ORE AT BRITAIN, WITH NOTES 
ON BEAM-TRAWLING IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, ETC. 
By J. W. COLLINS. 
ANALYSIS. Page. 
A. Introductory note 290 
I.— The Beam-Trawl Fishery of Great Britain. 
B. History and present importance 291 
C. Fisliing grounds 296 
D. The fishermens 300 
E. Vessels 305 
! F. Fishing apparatus 310 
1. The beam-trawl 310 
(a) The beam 311 
(&) The trawl heads 312 
(c) The trawl net 316 
( d ) The trawl warp and bridles 321 
( e ) Dimensions and method of construction 321 
2. Apparatus for operating the trawls . 324 
( a ) Capstan 325 
(&) Dandy winch or wink 326 
(c) The forward winch 32/ 
( d ) The “dummy” or towing bollard 327 
(e) Trawl-warp rollers 327 
(/) Dandy-bridle chock 328 
( g ) Fish tackle 329 
3. Apparatus for packing fish, etc 329 
( a ) Fish boxes 329 
(&) Ice mill 330 
(c) Boats 331 
(d) Doddle net 331 
G. Methods of fishing 332 
1. General description of the use of the beam-trawL 332 
2. Shooting a trawl from the port side 333 
3. Shooting a trawl from the starboard side 337 
4. To change the tack with the trawl out 338 
( a ) To wear the trawl around 338 
( b) To stay the trawl around 339 
(c) To drop a vessel around with her trawl out 339 
(d) To catch a vessel around with a weather tide 340 
5. To prevent a vessel from catching around 340 
6. The working of a trawl 340 
7. Heaving up the trawl 342 
8. Single boating and fleeting 348 
9. Care of fish, “hoarding” fish, etc 354 
H. Marketing the catch ; fish carriage, etc 359 
1. Landing the.fish at Billingsgate 359 
2. Selling fish by auction 360 
3. Fish sale at Brixham 362 
4. Shields as a fish market 363 
5. Fish carriage 365 
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