The most prolific fishing ground in the British seas,is the great sand-bank, Dogger Bank.
Dogger Bank is a submerged plateau in the middle of the North Sea and is 170 miles long and 65 miles broad. The bottom is composed of long stretches of smooth sand and shells which is ideal ground for "Trawling" because the fish feed on shells and lug-worms, which are found there.
The first fishermen to work the Dogger area, were the Dutch, who were attracted by the large numbers of cod. The name "Dogger" means "cod fishing boat" in Dutch. This rich fishing ground is now fished by the fleets of most North Sea Counties, such as, Lincolnshire,Yorkshire and Norfolk. When the fish are present in great numbers, the scene is one of lively activity. Conspicuous among the crowd of boats, are the clean-lined steel trawlers from Grimsby and Yarmouth, pushing their way cautiously along, while their huge "trawls" scour the bottom for and lurking fishes.
Though Yarmouth is a big cod-fishing port, it is an even bigger herring fishing one. The places where the best herring are caught are round the coasts of of Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Some herring are caught off the coast of Norway and Sweden, but they are of much smaller species.
The Yarmouth fishing season for herring starts off the Scottish coast, usually between May and July, for the shoals leave deep water and approach the coasts at an earlier date in Northern than in Southern latitudes. The time of year when the herrings can be caught off the Norfolk coast is not until September,in the English Channel it does not begin until November.
Dogger Bank is a submerged plateau in the middle of the North Sea and is 170 miles long and 65 miles broad. The bottom is composed of long stretches of smooth sand and shells which is ideal ground for "Trawling" because the fish feed on shells and lug-worms, which are found there.
The first fishermen to work the Dogger area, were the Dutch, who were attracted by the large numbers of cod. The name "Dogger" means "cod fishing boat" in Dutch. This rich fishing ground is now fished by the fleets of most North Sea Counties, such as, Lincolnshire,Yorkshire and Norfolk. When the fish are present in great numbers, the scene is one of lively activity. Conspicuous among the crowd of boats, are the clean-lined steel trawlers from Grimsby and Yarmouth, pushing their way cautiously along, while their huge "trawls" scour the bottom for and lurking fishes.
Though Yarmouth is a big cod-fishing port, it is an even bigger herring fishing one. The places where the best herring are caught are round the coasts of of Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Some herring are caught off the coast of Norway and Sweden, but they are of much smaller species.
The Yarmouth fishing season for herring starts off the Scottish coast, usually between May and July, for the shoals leave deep water and approach the coasts at an earlier date in Northern than in Southern latitudes. The time of year when the herrings can be caught off the Norfolk coast is not until September,in the English Channel it does not begin until November.
