Chapter I: Front Matter

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HALL, RUSSELL & Co.
LIMITED

_Shipbuilders, Engineers
and Boilermakers_

ABERDEEN

_SPECIALITY_

_The designing and building of_
STEAM
TRAWLERS
and
FISHING VESSELS
_for_ NORTH SEA
ICELANDIC
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND TROPICAL FISHING

TELEGRAMS: “HALRUSSEL, ABERDEEN”

TELEGRAMS. MASSEY HULL

TELEPHONES:—{ HULL. 5213 NAT. (6 LINES)
{ GRIMSBY. 2615 NAT.

W. A. MASSEY & SONS LIMITED.

_Ship Salesmen_, _Valuers_, BROKERS for the SALE & PURCHASE of every
description of Shipping property.

STEAM TRAWLERS,
and every kind of
Fishing Vessel a speciality.

Contractors to the British Admiralty
Crown Agents for the Colonies,
&c., &c.

Head Office,
ALFRED GELDER STREET,
HULL.

Branch Offices at
GRIMSBY, GOOLE
and IMMINGHAM.

THE FISHING INDUSTRY

PITMAN’S
COMMON COMMODITIES
AND INDUSTRIES SERIES

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=TEA.= By A. IBBETSON
=COFFEE.= By B. B. KEABLE
=SUGAR.= By GEO. MARTINEAU, C.B.
=OILS.= By C. AINSWORTH MITCHELL, B.A., F.I.C.
=WHEAT.= By ANDREW MILLAR.
=RUBBER.= By C. BEADLE and H. P. STEVENS, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C.
=IRON AND STEEL.= By C. HOOD
=COPPER.= By H. K. PICARD
=COAL.= By F. H. WILSON, M.I.M.E.
=TIMBER.= By W. BULLOCK
=COTTON.= By R. J. PEAKE
=SILK.= By LUTHER HOOPER
=WOOL.= By J. A. HUNTER
=LINEN.= By ALFRED S. MOORE
=TOBACCO.= By A. E. TANNER
=LEATHER.= By K. J. ADCOCK
=KNITTED FABRICS.= By J. CHAMBERLAIN and J. H. QUILTER
=CLAYS.= By ALFRED S. SEARLE
=PAPER.= By HARRY A. MADDOX
=SOAP.= By W. A. SIMMONS, B.Sc.
=THE MOTOR INDUSTRY.= By HORACE WYATT, B.A.
=GLASS AND GLASS MAKING.= By PERCIVAL MARSON
=GUMS AND RESINS.= By E. J. PARRY, B.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S.
=THE BOOT AND SHOE INDUSTRY.= By J. S. HARDING
=GAS AND GAS MAKING.= By W. H. Y. WEBBER
=FURNITURE.= By H. E. BINSTEAD
=COAL TAR.= By A. R. WARNES
=PETROLEUM.= By A. LIDGETT
=SALT.= By A. F. CALVERT
=ZINC.= By T. E. LONES, M.A., B.Sc.
=PHOTOGRAPHY.= By WM. GAMBLE
=ASBESTOS.= By A. L. SUMMERS
=SILVER.= By BENJAMIN WHITE
=CARPETS.= By REGINALD S. BRINTON
=PAINTS AND VARNISHES.= By A. S. JENNINGS
=CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES.= By T. WOODHOUSE and P. KILGOUR
=ACIDS AND ALKALIS.= By G. H. J. ADLAM
=ELECTRICITY.= By R. E. NEALE, B.Sc., Hons.
=ALUMINIUM.= By G. MORTIMER
=GOLD.= By BENJAMIN WHITE
=BUTTER AND CHEESE.= By C. W. WALKER-TISDALE and JEAN JONES
=THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.= By A. BARKER
=LEAD.= By J. A. SMYTHE, D.Sc.
=ENGRAVING.= By T. W. LASCELLES
=STONES AND QUARRIES.= By J. ALLEN HOWE, O.B.E., B.Sc.
=EXPLOSIVES.= By S. I. LEVY, B.Sc.
=THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY.= By B. W. POOLE, M.U.K.A.
=TELEGRAPHY, TELEPHONY, AND WIRELESS.= By J. POOLE
=PERFUMERY.= By E. J. PARRY
=THE ELECTRIC LAMP INDUSTRY.= By G. ARNCLIFFE PERCIVAL
=ICE AND COLD STORAGE.= By B. H. SPRINGETT
=GLOVES AND THE GLOVE TRADE.= By B. E. ELLIS
=JUTE.= By T. WOODHOUSE and P. KILGOUR
=DRUGS IN COMMERCE.= By J. HUMPHREY
=THE FILM INDUSTRY.= By DAVIDSON BOUGHEY
=CYCLE INDUSTRY.= By W. GREW
=SULPHUR.= By HAROLD A. AUDEN
=TEXTILE BLEACHING.= By ALEC B. STEVEN
=PLAYER PLANO.= By D. MILLER WILSON
=WINE AND THE WINE TRADE.= By ANDRE L. SIMON
=IRONFOUNDING.= By B. WHITELEY
=COTTON SPINNING.= By A. S. WADE
=ALCOHOL IN COMMERCE.= By C. SIMMONDS, O.B.E., B.Sc., F.I.C.
=CONCRETE AND REINFORCED CONCRETE.= By W. NOBLE TWELVETREES
=SPONGES.= By E. J. J. CRESSWELL
=WALL PAPER.= By G. WHITELEY WARD
=CLOCKS AND WATCHES.= By G. L. OVERTON
=INCANDESCENT LIGHTING.= By S. I. LEVY, B.A., B.Sc., F.I.C.
=THE FISHING INDUSTRY.= By Dr. W. E. GIBBS
=OIL FOR POWER PURPOSES.= By S. H. NORTH
=STARCH AND STARCH PRODUCTS.= By H. A. AUDEN, D.Sc., F.C.S.
=TALKING MACHINES.= By O. MITCHELL
=NICKEL.= By B. H. WHITE

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_PITMAN’S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES_

THE FISHING INDUSTRY

BY

W. E. GIBBS, D.Sc.

LONDON
SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.
PARKER STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2
BATH, MELBOURNE, TORONTO, NEW YORK
1922

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