The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
| Fish INDUSTRY
IMPORTANT | \ one me.
Norfolk Has Vast ealtil at&H IS =
Seward Gates in the IN IN III
Vulnerable Finny Tribe. s
' 4 GEYEDY FAv0RITE VESSEL
This Small 8skiff, With I'll. Mutton Nut! on
Re Sails, Will II Stand s. and
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NORFOLK. Nv AZ. ugust 10 a - though
Norfolk Is widely $known8as q focal point 'l11
where eight railroad lines, with & an l ag-.
eregate Of twenty thousand miles OF
track meet eight lines Of river s'E1 nd
coast steamers and five lines OF deep-se sea
steamers, Il comparatively little Is known lsr VI
sof the city as an 4 important center Of
the fishing trade. Yet this port to-day
q center OF internal ional interest because
az the James town Tercentennlal EXPO
Esition to be held in 1907 on the nearby
shores OF Hampton Roads, keeps IN COM 2
mission all the year fleet OF ~ nearly e; y
three hundred fishing boats. ~
# Cottagers residing on the shores X 1, q
Hampton Al Roads, near the site Of the
jamestown Exposition can go a. rev NJ " n
3dred yards out from shore and IN q Ie w
moments, with the most simple EQUIP
ment.8 catch q dozen 5yarietles OF 4 edible
fish. Boys may often be seen pushing
skifts around the mud flats Of the harpor
latElow tide, stopping here and there to
nick stranded crags off the Ia rbor 6 POT oH.
tom, from wi lch the wat ter has receded.
II Norfolk were to be- placed INA state
of Siege without notice, re 4. \, p o Ct
would find 4 1t first necessary to- erect
the stupcndous and well nigh Impossible
3tas. OF closing York and James Rivers 'H
Hampton Roads. Elizabeth River, the
Dismal swamp, and Albemarle and Currl--
tuck Sounds to Norfolk fishermen be-
fora he could hope to starye the city into
submission. 4s|{ Il
staunch Bugeye.' .5#
i3 The Norfolk fishing fleet comprises
almost every kind Of small craft known
In this country. The fayori tel 81 lyle v Of
fishing boat is the 'bugeye.I This car e.
RES two lego -mutton sails on Taking
Emasts and jbsail. The huge ye' Is
not long, but very wide and shallo w. Z
lis pointed at both ends. and Ia an exce Gel 4
\ tionally good boa for work around rivers
and harbors, and where the water Is
shallow Though small, It Is q good
heavy weather boat, and can stand an
Incredible amount Of pounding. Shops
and schooners Of from five to one hun
8dred NJ tons'5 burden. carrying from six
to a dozen men. are also nunlerous In the
fishing trade. II There Il are a few large
steamers in the fishing fleet, and Y great
number Of small craft driven by gaso-
Alene engines, These have their Ills hlns
grounds in the lower Chesapeake Bay !! !,
An Hampton Roads. In Curcituck and
AAlbemarle Sounds, reached from N orfolk
through the Dismal Swamp canal. and
An the open sea, where the finest OF deep
water fish-the blue fish-lurks, ready to
furnish the liveliest sport the fisherman
can find II # s5,3
In addition to the great fleet that makes
Norfolk Its permanent headqH arters, q
eoodly number OF fishing boats come to
this city every year from New York and
philadelphia and make Norfolk their
eadauarters during the suuamer fish g
season,
During the past year the oyster boats
brought oysters into Norfolk TO the value
of nearly four million dollars. MOST
Of these were the famous LynnhaYen
oysters. considered by many to be su pe-
rior to the much-prized Blue Point oysters
of Long Island, Next to the Ly1nhayens
In the favor of the public ere the Chin-
colleague oysters and Horn Harbor crus-
staceans. There are a half3a dozen other
varieties not so we'll known. Norfolk
oyster trade Is constantly CROWNS every
years round dozen Of boats are added
to the oyster fleet,
Finest Food Fish,
Ms shad fishing 1 an important feature
in Norfolk's commerce. Last year, hoW-
ever, was an unusually bad one for shad
all along the Atlantic coast, and INC
figures for shad show UP as large az fof
other fish In the totals OF the fishing
business, Large quantities Of porgles,
founders and sheephead are sold every
day IN Norfolk for local consump ton,
Among the high ly-prtzed game fish q %
bought in Norfolk markets are the PACK
bass, striped bass, salmon; trout, pan-
fish bluefish and spotted trout. ,fhese
eye among the finest food fish e \ % %
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