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Part III. — Twenty -seventh Annual Report 

 All Coasts. 



It will be found that, taking all the coasts together, decreases occurred 

 in the average vakies of all the jfishes taken by line, with the exception of 

 halibut, lemon soles, skates and rays. The decrease in the value of line- 

 caught haddock amounted to 58 per cent., of line-caught cod to 29 per 

 cent., of turbot to 64 per cent., of ling to 34 per cent., of saithe to 32 per 

 cent., and of whiting to nearly 15 per cent. On the other hand, the 

 increase in the value of line-caught halibut amounted to over 47 per cent., 

 while the increase in skates and rays was 16 per cent., and in lemon soles 

 11 per cent. 



There were gieat increases in the value of the trawl-caught fishes, 

 amounting, for all coasts together, to 1787 per cent, for saithe, 1008 per 

 cent, for halibut, 318 per cent, for cod, 468 per cent, for ling, 681 per cent, 

 for whiting, 134 per cent, for haddock, 60 per cent, for lemon soles, 54 per 

 cent, for turbot, and 393 per cent, for skates and rays. Since the increase 

 in the values of the trawled fish more than counterbalanced the decrease in 

 the value of the fish taken by line, with the single exception of ling — where 

 there was a decrease altogether of 7 per cent. — the increase in the total 

 value was noteworthy. It varied from 114 per cent, for halibut, 110 per 

 cent, for whiting, and 85 per cent, for skates and rays, to 41 per cent, for 

 saithe, 42 per cent, for turbot, and 34 per cent, for haddock. 



On the East Coast the average values of the line-caught fish showed 

 diminution in all cases except for ling, halibut, lemon soles, skates and rays. 

 The decrease in the value of cod amounted to 31 per cent., of saithe to 45 

 per cent., haddocks 63 per cent , whiting 21 per cent., turbot 80 per cent. 

 The increased value of ling was 14 per cent., of halibut 62 per cent., of 

 lemon soles 43 per cent., of skates and rays 9 per cent. 



The values of the trawled fish showed increases in all items, ranging 

 from 1790 per cent, for saithe, 1004 per cent, for halibut, 309 for cod, to 

 134 for haddocks, and 62 for turbot. And there were increased per- 

 centages in the value of all the fishes landed, trawled and line-caught 

 combined. 



The particulars for the West Coast do not allow the same detailed com- 

 parison to be made, since the entries of trawled fish are only for certain 

 years, but for the totals, however caught, the following showed increases: — 

 Whiting 10 per cent., tusk 66 per cent., conger eel 4 per cent., halibut 4'5 

 per cent., skates and rays 71 per cent. And decreases occurred in the 

 average values of the followipg fishes : — Cod 18 per cent., ling 54 per cent., 

 saithe 4 per cent., haddocks 24 per cent., turbot 29 per cent., lemon soles 

 60 per cent. 



