AND THE FISH THEREOF. 



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Pcsce da strame designates the fish of minor value servinq- as food to the 

 more valuable kinds, in contradistinction to the pesce bianco (grey mullet and 

 eels), strame meaning litterally straw or fodder. The fish included in this 

 term are gobies, flounders, and smelts (atherines). 



The space marked 8, not partitioned off by Cogbli, or forming special 

 Camarelle or Formative (such as 6 and 7), is occupied by the eels, which 

 require more room in which to circulate freely. 



Cogolcre, furnished with the camarelle, or otelle, are called Cogolera 

 maestra ; and those which have not these are called Cogolera da bisatti and 

 da strame. 



In the Venetian lagoons, there are as many as 135 cogolere in a single 

 valle ; their number depends, as a matter of course, on the size and position 

 of the valle, and other less important circumstances. 1 



Fish which are Reared in the Valli. 



Angusigola, the Gar-fish. 



Anguela, the Smelt (Atherine). 



Barbon (Mullus barbatus, L.), Red Mullet. 



Bisatto, the Eel. 



1 Produce of the valli from the Po to Grado, according to the investigations of the 

 Sub-Commission of Fisheries at Chioggia. 



Fishermen employed in the valli, 1,000. 



Produce of the Campi (valli) of Comacchio from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 kilogr. per annum. 



