Excerpt from The Maine Sardine Industry Occasionally, when the heh remain off the shore, or for any reason do not enter the weir, the fishermen resort to seining. Fish taken in this way, however, are generally considered less desirable for packing than those from weirs, because of the large amount of feed often present in their digestive tracts. Since seined heh taken in the evening are not delivered to the cannery until the following morning, a certain amount of spoilage may occur during the night while they are held in the boat. The State of Maine has enacted laws restricting the seining of fish(17). Ordinarily the sea herring is caught while in search of food, or while actively engaged in feeding. Consequently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.