64 THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



ground for red and grey mullet, basse, mackerel, pilchard, the gilt-head, and 

 the red or Spanish sea-bream. 



Parenzo. — The best fishing waters are off Punta del Dente. Red and 

 grey mullet, basse, gilt-head, red sea-bream, pilchard, soles, both caught in 

 large quantities, and crabs abound ; the pilchards are salted and sent to 

 Venice ; the common fish, and half the "prime," are consumed on the spot. 

 Excess of " prime " is sent to Trieste. 



The channel of Leme furnishes large quantities of grey mullet and basse. 



Rovigno. — Same character as Parenzo. The Chioggiotti contribute one- 

 fourth of the local consumption. 



Fasana. — Similar in character, but more red mullet and scorpions. 



Pola is the best district in I stria for the tunny ; otherwise, the character 

 is similar to the foregoing. The waters lying between the Brioni Islands 

 and Cape Promontore are favourable for the pilchard fisheries, which 

 are carried on mostly by Italian fishermen; by the Chioggiotti with their 

 trawling-nets {cocchia), and Romagmwli (people of Romagna) with their seine- 

 nets {tratte). The greater part of the yield is consumed of late years at Pola, 

 where prices range high. The excess of pilchard is salted and exported, 

 sometimes as much as half of the total catch ; the excess of fresh tunny is 

 also sent to Trieste and the Italian coast. The Italian fishermen furnish 

 two-fifths of the market supply. 



The number of fishermen has much increased of late years, and their 

 profits do not seem to have decreased in the aggregate, owing to the large 

 demand at Pola, and consequent high range of prices. 1 



In addition to the species of fishes hitherto mentioned, the Istrian fisheries 

 yield the conger-eel, gar-pike, the Oblata melanura, the black bream, the 

 Box salpa, the pelamid, the angel-fish, &c, besides lobsters, sea-spiders, a few 

 oysters, mussels, and the Squilla mantis, &c, &c. 



Lussinpiccolo, including the islands of the Ouarnero, is much fre- 

 quented by the Chioggiotti ; the prevalent fishes are Mendole, Maride (species 



1 Pola is now a town of 20,000 inhabitants, having risen to being what it is since 1S56, 

 when it was a fishing village of 600 inhabitants. 



