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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  large 
  percentages 
  of 
  young 
  cod, 
  haddock, 
  and 
  hake 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  tables 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  absolute 
  waste. 
  The 
  

   young 
  fishes 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  lines 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  better 
  chance 
  to 
  live, 
  as 
  

   they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  pressure 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  netted 
  fish 
  

   are 
  exposed 
  and 
  are 
  immediately 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  although 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  killed 
  or 
  injured 
  by 
  being 
  " 
  slatted 
  " 
  against 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  dories. 
  

  

  In 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  unmarketable 
  species 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  

   difference 
  if 
  the 
  dogfish 
  be 
  eliminated 
  from 
  consideration. 
  All 
  of 
  

   the 
  waste 
  species 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  are 
  edible 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  regarded 
  with 
  considerable 
  favor 
  in 
  Europe. 
  The 
  dogfish 
  

   has 
  long 
  been 
  eaten 
  and 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain 
  is 
  steadily 
  

   increasing, 
  but 
  its 
  only 
  economic 
  aspect 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  a 
  nuisance 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  The 
  monldish 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  highly 
  

   esteemed 
  fishes 
  in 
  Germany, 
  and 
  the 
  skate 
  has 
  wide 
  consumption 
  in 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  Both 
  the 
  flounder 
  and 
  the 
  silver 
  hake 
  

   are 
  good 
  fishes. 
  

  

  WASTE 
  FROM 
  MARKETING 
  SMALL 
  FISHES. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  catch 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  and 
  the 
  waste 
  which 
  

   results 
  from 
  the 
  fish 
  discarded 
  as 
  unmarketable. 
  There 
  remains 
  to 
  

   be 
  considered 
  such 
  waste 
  as 
  may 
  result 
  from 
  marketing 
  an 
  undue 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  small 
  fishes 
  which, 
  if 
  permitted 
  to 
  live, 
  would 
  not 
  

   only 
  increase 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  thereby 
  mechanically 
  augment 
  the 
  volume 
  

   of 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  sea, 
  but 
  would 
  further 
  increase 
  the 
  supply 
  by 
  procrea- 
  

   tion. 
  To 
  develop 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  such 
  waste 
  as 
  may 
  

   occur 
  through 
  the 
  predominance 
  of 
  small 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  tables 
  are 
  presented 
  : 
  

  

  Weight 
  and 
  Percentage, 
  by 
  Culls 
  or 
  Sizes, 
  of 
  Cod, 
  Haddock, 
  and 
  Hake 
  

   Marketfj) 
  by 
  Otter 
  Trawlers 
  and 
  Tbawl 
  Liners 
  Fishing 
  on 
  all 
  Banks 
  

   IN 
  1913. 
  

  

  