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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

HAULING THE TRAWL

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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

Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. Bath, England