Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-02
P.ILCH lard FISHING,
HOW THIS INbuGIeY i3 CARRIED O..
=. Oiyo. CORNisl4 COASTS.
Season 0npns Ia tugnat nnd Contia-
nes Through the Tear-rhc Dafat y
Iish, Travelling In Schonlu. Are
Caught 10y the Millions.

inR, tn Sch0DIu, Are
Caught 10y the Millions.
The Sardinc bcconcs pilchard when
il arrives on thc Cornish coast after IT'S
long swim frcm the deep blue water.
OF The Mediterranean. Ii gers rid O!
some OF its daintin">s in iomrneyins
through the troubled waters OF The bay
OF Biscny. putting on fcsh aud growing
hordy ana becoming more Ill for sur.
ViNal ia The struggle for life in colder
waters
The pi!chard GshcIy begins in eurnes
oil The south coast OF Cornwall in Au
gust and continues Though he year
The summer fish. Enough small, are fa,.
ana prices rule high. Sometimes III,
season Oreas badly. The drift net fish
crmcn scctIr HE sca from the Eddy.
stone 10 iuc Lizard ana return will
small catches ana hlani. faces. scarce
sea bird lowering over The calm WA
'crs Ia give them II iricn,i!y lead. /!
there ATE fish thcy are swimming low
aud WIN NOT rise.
III" !iSi, AZ" there bu, They are wa;i.
in2 Tor Il storm. and whcu the storm
comes they rise 10 i.s;cu to It's music
and Tie Fishers SAN bach, ia he earl,
morning with hcan.iny faces and boats
fu!l OF sluii. Their harvest has begun
H..lS time the waters We're swarm!np
Will pilchards. and al The sea birds
Were active. lowering over ana feeding
on them As they Travelled eastward IN
countless millions. Always following
The same route, they travel i'll large
bo,!ies. called schools. ami Il school in
shallow water changes the color Of the
sea 10 deep ruby. oar fishermen cali
il blood Color.
The piichdr,i fishery is practically
confined 10 The coasts of Cornwall. Al
though Il plichaii is NOT much smaller
'han 'hc herring. ihrcc l'iichardS weigh
ing two hcrr!nsS. is consumption in the
United King,lon. i: comparatively nil.
AS Cornish Sarilncs in oii'' they are
cNport,Ni 10 Australia and South Africa.
ami from iu,Gu0 Ia tu.nuu hogsheads are
picked IN salt brine III huge tanks and
exported I" ltaly. This Italian export
trade Is centuries old. These pi,chnrds
are he cheap and wholesome food or
The working Glasses in towns and OF
pea SAINTS III tie country
orc OF The most attractive sights on
Inc Coru!Sa COAST Oh i; dark night is the
llShtS Ut tile drift fishing loats riding
10 li!cir nets ana drifting with the tide.
McvasisScy, l.ooc and Polperro send
out heet OF about 10 boats, and all
their lights shine steadily when The Sea
Is calm, tall, dark cliffs forming the
background. While drifting they form
illuminated figures, inducing one 10
thinl; Of the streets ana squares and
creSccnts Of city brilliantly lighted.
The flfIres vary at times with the cur
rents, but the lights keep their respe,..
tive distances. Then. ono by one, they
are eYtingulshcd as the boats take IN
their hciS and set sail for their respec.
I'VE pogTG.
The pllchard is worth looking t. even
when strung upon a iisher's fingers
Three or four upon - fngcr--when he
steps ashore, ~ bright are The silver
scales upon its sides. ~ darkly blue. i,
The Inarlilng from head to tuil. becom-
ING lighter and lighter until ii meci-
TIE silver aEd disappears. No Two III.
marked quite alike Of all the myriad>
which YOU may see around you when in
an open boat fishing for pu,lack or
Spinning for rnacLerel
4 school travels at about The rate
Of twenty niles day and inay Ls
seen III Vines travelling as though
asleep, thousands ON thousands pass
ing under Your boat AS though tber.
were no end 10 the procession Now
ana Then strcaks OF bright metallic,
light are visible. mere flashes, when
fish iui1i Il i:tt!c and show their silve;.
nirkihG.. Al times they seem 20 wake
mp ana gamn9!, and than there will be
Rupees on inc Sc;i ANA Il stirring OF the
surface in,u crystal liakcS. The fisher.
men SAY the fish are ''brimcing" and
WHEN Tie "brimrin:.' is nj night tie
sea Is excited 10 ph0Snkogcsccnt glow
c"inpalanlc oaiy 10 itself for beauty.
But let p0rp1!Se or Il roruual whale
make ITS appcar1Dcc. and the lauIbol>
cease Ike magic. The piicbard is SO
dainty mat every fish in the sea larger
Than Itself seams 10 prey npon il. and
II has II" more ardent adnirer Than the
greedy do.fsli. Ii is Il very dainty
feeder. feeding mainly upon the iioa,-
!Hg spores Of Scawecd. diaDhanous
nedusae and larval forms of crabs and
lobsters. No wonder il is such favor
lie with deep SEA fishes Of cpicurean
tastes,
The pilchard does not take tia hook.
but is enmesied i'll drift ncis o. cnc:r-
cled in large scines. SEEMING is a very
old Industry, now practically alan
dohed oI! ;hc south COAST. Stiil. there
are shines at Coyerack. ST. Ives. New
~ ami as far north as Budc. Wheu