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a total of 17,597. The tonnage of the vessels engaged in the 

 cod-fisheries amounted to about 56,000 tons, and that of all 

 of them together to 150,127 tons. These figures exhibit a 

 slight reduction from those of 1869, due, of course, to the dis- 

 turbance of popular industries caused by the Franco-German 

 War. The total value of the products of the sea for 1870 was 

 estimated at about $12,000,000. Revue Maritime et Coloni- 

 al*, 1871, 1052. 



COMPARISON OF AMERICAN AND FRENCH FISHERIES. 



In an article upon the fisheries of Iceland and Newfound- 

 land, by Mr. William Stowe, of Boston, a reference is made to 

 the productiveness of this business in Massachusetts as com- 

 pared with France ; and a table is quoted on the subject, giv- 

 ing the number of vessels employed and the value of the 

 catch of the French fisheries of Iceland and Newfoundland in 

 1870. He finds that the average yield to each person em- 

 ployed in the French fisheries is $120, and states that the 

 value of the products obtained by the inhabitants of Cape 

 Ann from the sea, in 1871, amounted to $3,000,000, thus re- 

 quiring the industry of about 8000 men, including crews, 

 merchants, and assistants, coopers, teamsters, etc. ; making 

 an average, therefore, of about $375 to each hand, as compar- 

 ed with $120, as above stated. 



GERMAN FISHERY ASSOCIATION. 



Among the various organizations established for the pro- 

 motion of national industry and welfare, one of the most im- 

 portant is the German Fishery Association, recently organ- 

 ized, with its head-quarters at Berlin. This is directed by 

 some of the most eminent naturalists in the country, assisted 

 by men of practical experience in fish-culture and other allied 

 pursuits ; and it has already done a great deal toward accom- 

 plishing the mission for which it was established. Many in- 

 quiries have been initiated in reference to the proper mode 

 of the culture* of oysters, mussels, crabs, and other marine 

 invertebrates, as also in regard to the hatching and rearing 

 of edible fish, both fresh-water and marine. Their transac- 

 tions embrace original memoirs, and translations from Scan- 

 dinavian authorities whose experience is considered of value 

 to other parts of Europe. 



