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Salmon and Trout Egg Collecting, by Frank Buckland (Leisure Hour, 1868)
Methods of fish culture.

Yarmouth Bloaters (Leisure Hour, 1868)
A look at the Yarmouth herring fishery.

Pilchard Fishing in Cornwall (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

Fish-Culture in Great Britain, by Greville Fennell (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)

The Herring, by Greville Fennell (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)
A look at the fish itself and the herring fishing industry.

Progress in Fish Culture, by Fred Mather (Century Magazine, 1884A)
On fish-breeding and fish-hatcheries in the US.

The Metropolis of Shrimp (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
The shrimping industry of Leigh, on the Thames.

Gloucester Fishers, by Franklin H. North (Century Magazine, 1886B)
The dangerous lives of New England fishermen.

The Sturgeon Fisheries (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)
Though often regarded as a "royal" fish, the sturgeon is only "royal" if caught in the Thames. This article looks at sturgeon in general and the fisheries of the Caspian sea.

A Silver Harvest (The Strand, 1891A)
The pilchard fishing industry in Cornwall.

The United States Fish Commission, by Richard Rathbun (Century Magazine, 1892A)
The Fish Commission was developed in response to the depletion of certain fisheries; its tasks included investigating the habits and migrations of various types of fish, managing supplies to avoid or restore depletions, institute fish-culture where appropriate, and more.

An Autumn Thanksgiving: The Harvest of the Sea, by Beatrice Smallfield (Girl's Own Paper, 1895)
A sea harvest festival at St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall.

Fisher Girls and Fishwives, by Fanny Green (Girl's Own Paper, 1897)
Life in the herring, shrimp and pilchard fishing communities.

The Finnan Haddie: What It Is, and Where It Comes From, by Barrington MacGregor (English Illustrated Magazine, 1899A)
Haddock-fishing in Scotland.

Trawling for Scientific Purposes, by Alexander Meek (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)
The use of scientific trawling to study the populations and life cycles of fish and fisheries.

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