36 MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN VOL. XIV, 



When fishing- in 10 or 12 fathoms, the bridle or hauling ropes 

 are each 600 fathoms long ; in 25 fathoms the length is increased 

 to 900 fathoms. They can be used in considerably deeper water, 

 even to TOO fathoms ; with increased depth bridles or hauling 

 ropes are made proportionally longer. 



The cost of a new net (complete) in 1920 was from 500 to 600 

 kroner (Rs. 375 to Rs. 450). 



Fairly smooth bottom is necessary for good results, and such 

 we have in plenty on both our Madras coasts. Among the 

 advantages possessed by this net are (l) the fact that it does not 

 damage or crush the fish caught as does the trawl too often ; a 

 proportion may therefore be transported alive to shore in the fish- 

 well installed in all these boats, (2) the capital required to build 

 and equip one of these boats is not one-tenth of that required for 

 a modern steam-trawler, (3) use by boats of a size small enough to 

 enter harbours where 7 or 8 feet of water is all that is available and 

 (4) low upkeep and running cost compared with a steamer; 4 

 hands are enough to man one of these motor-cutters. 



The third of these advantages would be particularlv useful on 

 the Madras coasts, where Madras Harbour is the only one into 

 which could enter an ordinary steam trawler with a draft of 10 feet 

 or over. On 6 feet draft, such as the Esbjerg boats have, they 

 could enter the harbours of Cocanada, Masulipatam, Tuticorin, 

 Cochin, Beypore and Mangalore ; these ports are therefore potential 

 centres for fishing boats of this class. 



XL— THE ADMINISTRATION OF FISHERIES IN DENMARK. 



The Fishery Administration is entirely regulative, statistical, 

 and technical. The Director's officeo in Copenhagen are modest 

 and comprise no laboratories ; he has no scientific experts on his 

 staff, any help required on this side being obtained from scientific 

 institutions usually connected with the Educational Department. 



Apart from the purely supervisory and statistical duties of the 

 department, which indeed take up a large portion of the attention 

 of the officers, its activities chiefly concern the provision of 

 financial assistance to fishermen to buy or build boats larger or 

 more suitable to their needs, the provision of facilities for technical 

 education, and the encouragement of co-operation among fisher- 

 men. 



