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A History of the County of Sussex
… 35 In the 1790s mackerel were caught in the spring and herring in the autumn, 36 and in 1804 mackerel, shrimps, … large quantities of which were sent to London, and herring, but sole, skate, whiting, and other fish were also … had declined, and was mainly confined to mackerel and herring fishing. 45 Between 1855 and 1864 the annual amount …