F ?nit o Kilos Value 



Northwestern 3,916,300 27,549,700- . 



Cantabrican ' 12,459,400 75,573,200 



South Atlantic 7,718,800 26,909,900 



South Mediterranean 350,400 898,500 



Levant 187, 500 1 , 148 , 900 



Tramontane 210,500 1,206,100 



Balearic 



Canaries 101.600 345.800 



Totals 25,032,500 133,712,10'" 



Hake 



Northwestern 33,238,300 143,708,300 



Cantalrican 30,600,900 163,254,100 



South Atlantic 3,274,400 20,650,600 



South Mediterranean 296,600 . 1,755,500 



Levant 



Tramontane 768,300 6,218,600 



Balearic 



Canaries 1.230.800 4.012.700 



Totals 69.409.300 339.599.8Qr 



Small Hake 



Northwestern 26,516,700 105,282,400 



Cantalrican 10,996,500 37,896,000 



South Atlantic 16,596,700 60,621,400 



South Mediterranean 1,196,100 4,585,700 



Levant 647,000 3,176,100 



Tramontane 1,148,600 7,232,800 



Balearic — 



Canaries 519.500 1.412.200 



Totals 57,621,100 220,206,600 



A study of the foregoing tables will show that the Northwestern and 

 Cantabrican regions,' where the two principal fishing ports of the' Peninsula: 

 Vigo anc 1 Pasajes, are located, accounted for more than sixty per cent of the 

 total catch. Pasajes, during 19/6, maintained its leading position as the 

 port of larger entires with an increase over those for 1945, while Vigo, on 

 the contrary, showed a decline in the volume of the catches. For purposes 

 of comparison the following. table showing the entries at the two ports during 

 1945 and 1946 has been prepared: 



Year "Viro Pasa.jes 



1945 70,390,900 kls. 74,580,901 kls. 



1946 60,535,800 kls. 85,504,600 kls. 



The same reasons given in last year's report. regarding the extraordinary 

 increase in the volume of the catches at Pasajes were still applicable during 

 1946, namely - fishing boats registered at Vigo worked out of Pasajes 'which 

 belongs--to the preferred coal zone, while coal was most difficult to attain 



