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Boats furnished with — 



Nets ouly 4,156 



Trawls ouly 4,633 



Hooks and lines only 4,309 



Nets and trawls 725 



Nets and hooks and lines 338 



Trawls andhooks and lines 3,663 



Nets, trawls, andhooks and lines 601 



Table Y.—A statement of the yield of the cod fisheries in 1880, giving the numler offish 



taken. 



Total catch 68,272,800 



Taken by — 



Nets 25,003,000 



Trawls 23,989,000 



Hook and line 19,281,000 



Barrels of Uvers 166,626 



Barrels of roe 60,860 



Fish-heada sold 45,578,300 



Table VI. — Statement of the yield of the winter and spring cod fisheries in 1S80, giving the 

 ■meney value and the prices paid at the fishing-stations, from which the value is reckoned. 



Money value : 



Total value $3,360,525 00 



Value of the different products : 



Fish, without liver and roe 2,303,093 00 



Livers 674,619 00 



Roe 313,633 00 



Fish-heads sold 69,130 00 



Average price at fishing-stations : 



Of 100 cod 3 38 



Of livers, per barrel 4 05 



Of roe, per barrel 5 15 



Of 100 fish-heads 16 



Estimated price of 100 round fish 4 93 



Table VII. — Detailed statements concerning the persona, ^c, engaged in, and the yield of, 

 the fat-herring fisheries in 1880, and of prices paid at the fishing-stations. 



a. Men, &c., engaged in the fisheries: 



Whole number of fishermen - 35,130 



Division of fishermen : 



Net 17,261 



Seine 17,869 



Number of boats using nets 6,443 



Number of seiners 1,258 



b. Yield of the fisheries, and prices : 



Total catch barrels.. 517,874 



Taken in— 



Nets barrels.. 148,900 



Seines do 368,974 



Value $1,534,654 00 



Average price per barrel 2 97 



