FISHERMEN'S BIG EARNINGS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 28, 1 February 1917, Page 8

FISHERMEN'S BIG EARNINGS

Irawler skippers driving their own motor cars, and trawlers skippers' wives and daughter clad in. costly furs is one 1, of the results of the war (says 1 the Scotsman). No industry has suffered -more than the fishing trade, owing to the restricted fishing area- and the lact- thatf hundreds of trawlers and their crews! have been commun-deered by the Admir-i alty for mine-sweeping and other purposes!! But ''it's an ill'wind that blows nobodyl good," and the comparatively few 'people' who have been left to carry oa the fish-' ing business' are making more money! than they ever did. In ordinary times a! trawler away on a week's fishing makes on an average about £150 per catch. It all depends upon the state of the market. At. present fish is so'scarce that catches! of £1000 for va week's fishing are quite 1 common, while boats that have gone: farther afield to, Iceland (a four-weeks' trip) or the Faroe Islands (which usually, occupies about three weeks) have mado nearly double that sum. Several catches; landed at Grimsby recently have made; over £2000, and one at Hull fetched over! £3000. •■...'