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Laws were made and continually revised regarding the fisheries and safeguarding their rights in every conceivable fashion; ship carpenters were exempt from military service, and many special exemptions were extended to fishermen under the general statutes. LAWS WERE MADE AND CONTINUALLY REVISED REGARDING THE FISHERIES AND SAFEGUARDING THEIR RIGHTS IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE FASHION SHIP CARPENTERS WERE EXEMPT FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND MANY SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS WERE EXTENDED TO FISHERMEN UNDER THE GENERAL STATUTES
 his wares to all the world. For cheap as all fish was--twopence for a twelve-pound cod, salmon less than a penny a pound, and shad, when it was finally considered fit to eat at all, at two fish for a penny--yet, when all the world is ready to buy and the supply is inexhaustible, tremendous profits are possible. The many fast days of the Roman Catholic Church abroad opened an immense demand, and in a short time quantities of various kinds of fish (Josselyn in 1672 enumerates over two hundred caught in New England waters) were dried and salted and sent to England. This constant and steadily increasing trade radically affected the whole economic structure and history of New England for two centuries. Ships and all the shipyard industries; the farm, on which fish was used not only as a medium of exchange, but also as a valuable fertilizer; the home, where the many operations of curing and salting were carried on--all of those were developed directly by the growth of this particular trade. TO SELL HIS WARES TO ALL THE WORLD FOR CHEAP AS ALL FISH WAS TWOPENCE FOR A TWELVE POUND COD SALMON LESS THAN A PENNY A POUND AND SHAD WHEN IT WAS FINALLY CONSIDERED FIT TO EAT IT ALL AT TWO FISH FOR A PENNY YET WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS READY TO BUY AND THE SUPPLY IS INEXHAUSTIBLE TREMENDOUS PROFITS ARE POSSIBLE THE MANY FAST DAYS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ABROAD OPENED AN IMMENSE DEMAND AND IN A SHORT TIME QUANTITIES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH JOSCELYN IN SIXTEEN SEVENTY TWO ENUMERATES OVER TWO HUNDRED CAUGHT IN NEW ENGLAND WATERS WERE DRIED AND SALTED AND SENT TO ENGLAND THIS CONSTANT AND STEADILY INCREASING TRADE RADICALLY AFFECTED THE WHOLE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND FOR TWO CENTURIES SHIPS AND ALL THE SHIPYARD INDUSTRIES THE FARM ON WHICH FISH WAS USED NOT ONLY AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE BUT ALSO AS A VALUABLE FERTILIZER THE HOME WHERE THE MANY OPERATIONS OF CURING AND SALTING WERE CARRIED ON ALL OF THOSE WERE DEVELOPED DIRECTLY BY THE GROWTH OF THIS PARTICULAR TRADE
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