THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF AUSTRIA. 



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the best kind of fish are seen in the markets, only inferior fish, frequently 

 nothing but carps from the Bohemian lakes, are brought to Vienna. 



Accordiug to the report of the market-commissioner, the following- 

 quantities of fish were brought to the Vienna markets from October, 

 1867. till October, 1870 : 



Place from which the fish were 

 brought. 



From the Lower Danube 



Upper Danube, Trann 



A ussee 



Gmund Lake and Atter Lake 



Southern Bohemia 



Mayence 



Upper Austria 



Kind. 



Hanson, (Acipenser huso) . . 

 Dick, (Acipenser schypa .. 

 Schnidon, (Silurus glanis) . . 

 Schill, (Lucioperea sandra) 



Hucbo (Sahno hucho) * 



Prute(?) 



Forelle, (Trutta fario) 



Saibling, (Salmo salvelinus) 

 Lachsforelle, (Trutta lacus- 



tris) 



Carp 



Hecbt, (Esostlucius) 



Lachs, (Trutta salar) 



Sea-fishes 



Crawfishes 



Weight in pounds, avoirdupois. 



1867-'68. 



2, 346*. 



18, 154 J 

 45, 695 



714,925 

 29, 207} 



741 

 78, 669* 

 39, 051, 300 



1868-69. 



679J 

 185i 

 17, 290 

 61,997 

 370.} 



5, 5571 



30, 



247 



897, 845 



20, 950J 



8,367 



287, 384j 



220, 450 



1869-'70. 



l,llli 



17, 413J 

 67, 554J 



12, 226£ 



1,729 



911,800* 



28, 281 1 



12, 955* 



209, 703 



123, 554, 950 



To this must be added the sales made outside of the fish-market, 

 which, however, are said not to amount to much. 



Formerly, the Neusiedler Lake alone supplied Vienna with 8G4,500 

 pounds of fish ; it has, however, been nearly drained. 



The price of fish has increased considerably during late years, 

 a pound of huso (1 Austrian pound equal to about 3^ pounds avoirdupois) 

 now costing from 40 cents to 90 cents, carp from 10 cents to 40 cents, 

 white-fish 12| cents to 15 cents. In spite of good railroad-communica- 

 tions, but very small quantities of salt-water fish are brought to Vienna, 

 aud no other cause can be assigned for this but the high price of fish. 

 Although salt-water fish are very cheap in Trieste, and the freight is low, 

 their price in Vienna is high, because there is no wholesale trade, the 

 whole of this traffic being in the hands of a few fishermen, aud because 

 there is no suitable fish-market. When the market commissioners made 

 an attempt to organize this trade, many fish were brought to Vienna, but 

 they were — as is shown by a report on the subject — left lying too long out- 

 side the city custom-line, (a small duty has to be paid on all provisions 

 entering Vienna,) or on the railroad, so that many were spoiled before 

 they reached the market, and soon no more were sent. Poor people 

 can only buy white-fish, (a small species of carp.) 



It cau safely be asserted that a well-organized system of fisheries, 

 aud suitable fish-markets, would, in Vienna, as in other large cities, 

 increase the demand for salt and fresh-water fish, and all classes of 

 society would be glad to buy them if, at all times good fish could be 

 procured at reasonable prices. 



The duty on provisions is, unfortunately, very high, not merely on rare 



