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THE POSITION IN 1920 



determining whether the fish population was really affected, and 

 if so to what extent, by the fact that men w^ere unable to devote 

 their full energies to kilhng fish in the intermediate years.^ 



In 1913 the British steam-trawler and steam-liner fleets 

 numbered 1,754 vessels with an average of 200 tons (gross 

 tonnage) ; they landed approximately 530,000 tons of fish, or 

 302 tons per vessel. 



In 1920 1,964 vessels, averaging 220 tons gross, landed 

 approximately 580,000 tons or 297 tons per vessel. 



The output of the deep-sea fishing ' regions ' varied as follows : 



1 For instance, the English catch of cod was heavier in 1920 than in 1913 

 in the North Sea (17 per cent.); Iceland (1 per cent.); South of Ireland 

 (167 per cent.) ; and Irish Sea (44 per cent.). On most other grounds it fell 

 off, e. g. in the Faeroes by 75 per cent., and west of Scotland 46 per cent. In 

 fact, the cod ivere farther soiith. 



