»
CÀPTURES BY LINERS AND TRAWLERS _IN 18%,
83
.
a balance of 1,721,831cwtsL is left for the liners and trawlers,
'
beingÆ9,536 cwts. less than in 1892. Of this 1,296,14A cwts.
_
,
were the produce of the liners “(less by 95,118 cwts. than in
1892), and 425,687 cwts. the quantity landed by trawlers
_
(45,582 cwts. more than.in 1892). While the liners, therefore,
_
_
showed a marked diminution in their total, the trawlers showed
'
a considerable increase.
_
.
When the returns, however, of the shing-boats of all kinds
(other than beam—traiwlers) are considered, it is found that
there were‘ in 1898, 363 fewer boats and vessels than in 1892,
j_:
and a decrease of 1689 shermen and boys. This condition of
things is sufcient to account for a considerable diminution of
'
line—caught shes, without regarding the unfavourable weather
,
of the season.
Moreover, it has to be remembered that fishery
_
statistics
far from being complete, for though the”returns
'
show that the quantity of shes mentioned has certainly been
_
landed,‘ they do not indicate '
those
'
shes which have been
landed and not reported.
On the other hand, the number of
.
'
the trawlers has increased by 2 (probably powerful steam—
'
ve8sels) and 18 men during the year.
In 1894« the liners brought to land 1,250,066 cwts. of round
'
shes : £4557,798, an amount exceeding the captures of the
'
previous year by 113,677 cwts., yet the increased quantity was
by diminished value, for the sum received Was
j
'£8_,601 less.
The greatest increase was in perhaps the most
'
"
important sh, Viz. the haddock, which but lately had been the
subject of many pessimistic theories. The captures exceeded
'
those of the previous year by no less than 110,000 cwts., but,
-
'
from the small size of the majority, the price had decreased by
£3,389.
The vital point, however, is the great abundance of
small hadd00ks along the eastern shores in 1894«. The vari—_
-
ability both in amount and value‘was further shown by the
fact that saithe (green cod) also exceeded the
in the
previous Îyear by 21,731 cwts., but was diminished in price by
£1,874:, while Whiting was also in excess by_10,362 cwts., but
'
.
the value was only 53586 more. Cod, again, had decreased to
.
the extent of 3,225 cwts., yet had an increased price of -£1,7_51,
‘
'
ling was also less by 20,7 73 cwts., and
fell behind no less
_
'
'
‘
»
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CÀPTURES BY LINERS AND TRAWLERS _IN 18%,
83
.
a balance of 1,721,831cwtsL is left for the liners and trawlers,
'
beingÆ9,536 cwts. less than in 1892. Of this 1,296,14A cwts.
_
,
were the produce of the liners “(less by 95,118 cwts. than in
1892), and 425,687 cwts. the quantity landed by trawlers
_
(45,582 cwts. more than.in 1892). While the liners, therefore,
_
_
showed a marked diminution in their total, the trawlers showed
'
a considerable increase.
_
.
When the returns, however, of the shing-boats of all kinds
(other than beam—traiwlers) are considered, it is found that
there were‘ in 1898, 363 fewer boats and vessels than in 1892,
j_:
and a decrease of 1689 shermen and boys. This condition of
things is sufcient to account for a considerable diminution of
'
line—caught shes, without regarding the unfavourable weather
,
of the season.
Moreover, it has to be remembered that fishery
_
statistics
far from being complete, for though the”returns
'
show that the quantity of shes mentioned has certainly been
_
landed,‘ they do not indicate '
those
'
shes which have been
landed and not reported.
On the other hand, the number of
.
'
the trawlers has increased by 2 (probably powerful steam—
'
ve8sels) and 18 men during the year.
In 1894« the liners brought to land 1,250,066 cwts. of round
'
shes : £4557,798, an amount exceeding the captures of the
'
previous year by 113,677 cwts., yet the increased quantity was
by diminished value, for the sum received Was
j
'£8_,601 less.
The greatest increase was in perhaps the most
'
"
important sh, Viz. the haddock, which but lately had been the
subject of many pessimistic theories. The captures exceeded
'
those of the previous year by no less than 110,000 cwts., but,
-
'
from the small size of the majority, the price had decreased by
£3,389.
The vital point, however, is the great abundance of
small hadd00ks along the eastern shores in 1894«. The vari—_
-
ability both in amount and value‘was further shown by the
fact that saithe (green cod) also exceeded the
in the
previous Îyear by 21,731 cwts., but was diminished in price by
£1,874:, while Whiting was also in excess by_10,362 cwts., but
'
.
the value was only 53586 more. Cod, again, had decreased to
.
the extent of 3,225 cwts., yet had an increased price of -£1,7_51,
‘
'
ling was also less by 20,7 73 cwts., and
fell behind no less
_
'
'
‘
»
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