Observations at Sea and in the Markets

Abstract

At Grimsby there are a number of trawlers—some steamers and some sailing vessels, which are locally called Cleethorpers, and regularly fish on the grounds near the Humber, returning to port at the end of the week. I went out in one of these, the S.S. Rhine, on July 22nd. My object was to examine the grounds near the mouth of the Humber and the Wash, in order to compare them with the grounds off the German coast. We shot the trawl at 2 p.m. the same day, having steamed 55 miles by the log from the Newsand Lightship, at a position a few miles west of the Coal Pit or N.E. Hole, as it is named on the chart illustrating Mr. Holt's description of the Grimsby Trawl Fishery. The depth during the haul was 13 to 18 fathoms. The temperature at the surface was 58° F.