CHAPTER XVII 



THE COD 



The Eurojiean Catch 

 The comparative catch in 1913 w 



England ^ . . . . 



Scotland .... 

 Ireland .... 



Total United Kingdom 



France (1911): 

 From Iceland 

 „ North Sea 

 „ Newfoundland . 



Total France (1911) 



Germany .... 

 Netherlands (1911) 

 Norway (1912) : 



Finmark Cod 



Bank and Fjord Cod . 



Iceland Cod 



Cod Skrei (Spawners) 31,809,000 



Total Norway 



Portugal (1911) . 

 Denmark (1912) : 



West coast 



Limfjord .... 



East coast 



Total Denmark 



{Analysed) 

 as as follows 



Tons. 

 132,333 

 66,672 

 1,019 



200,024 



13,697 



161 



34,903 



48^61 



29,390 

 4,879 



98,179 

 25,081 



282 

 ? 



1,945 



617 



8,014 



10,576 



£ 

 1,700,931 

 583,451 

 15,737 



2^00^19 



350,121 



5,328 



766,226 



1,121,675 



284,285 

 63,318 



377,370 



178,150 



2,283 



1,106,942 



1,664,745 



110,337 



17,845 



6,627 



88,430 



112,902 



The British are therefore the chief cod-fishers in Europe ; but 

 they are not so far ahead of other nations as in the case of plaice 

 and haddock. 



In 1920 the landings were : 



England 

 Scotland 



Great Britain 



Tons. 

 125,278 

 47,534 



172,812 



4,091,013 

 1,254,523 



5,345,536 



