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skills in establishing a large and thriving fishing industry. although stornoway had a good harbour, there were many disadvantages to leverhulme's plans for the port. its remoteness led to additional transport costs for ice, fuel, packaging, and anything else that had to be imported, as well as for the fish
products, almost all of which was sold on the mainland. the place itself was, for various reasons, unpopular with sailors, and the local population's strict observance of the sabbath had a negative effect on fishing operations, while catches of varieties of fish other than herring were unfeasibly small...
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