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  FISHERY. 
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  introduction 
  of 
  beam 
  trawls, 
  more 
  than 
  125 
  men 
  have 
  gone 
  into 
  the 
  

   business 
  in 
  Hyannis 
  and 
  Falmouth, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1910 
  and 
  

   1911 
  they 
  caught 
  and 
  marketed 
  11,500 
  barrels 
  (over 
  2,575,000 
  pounds) 
  

   of 
  winter 
  flounder, 
  receiving 
  therefor 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $57,500.° 
  As 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  fishes 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  other 
  methods, 
  the 
  otter 
  

   trawl 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  has 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  a 
  fishery 
  product 
  not 
  

   otherwise 
  largely 
  available. 
  

  

  SAN 
  FRANCISCO 
  PARANZELLA 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  This 
  fishery 
  was 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  many 
  years 
  

   ago 
  and 
  is 
  prosecuted 
  by 
  Italian 
  fishermen 
  employed 
  principally, 
  

   if 
  nqt 
  entirely, 
  by 
  two 
  San 
  Francisco 
  companies. 
  In 
  1908 
  there 
  were 
  

   20 
  of 
  these 
  nets 
  in 
  use 
  at 
  this 
  port. 
  The 
  paranzella 
  is 
  essentially 
  

   similar 
  to 
  an 
  otter 
  trawl, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  kept 
  extended 
  not 
  by 
  

   otter 
  boards 
  but 
  by 
  warps 
  or 
  lines 
  carried 
  to 
  tugs. 
  Two 
  vessels 
  steer- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  parallel 
  courses 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  operate 
  a 
  net. 
  The 
  tugs 
  are 
  

   about 
  85 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  of 
  30 
  tons 
  net 
  register, 
  with 
  an 
  engine 
  of 
  

   about 
  150 
  horsepower 
  and 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  11 
  men. 
  

  

  In 
  1908 
  the 
  paranzella 
  nets 
  caught 
  4,722,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $87,000, 
  of 
  which 
  3,629,000 
  pounds 
  valued 
  at 
  $68,000 
  were 
  flounders 
  

   and 
  soles. 
  No 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  fishes 
  important 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  fisheries 
  

   are 
  taken. 
  The 
  fishing 
  ground 
  is 
  a 
  strip 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  5 
  

   miles 
  wide 
  lying 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  seaward 
  from 
  the 
  Golden 
  Gate. 
  

   There 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  other 
  fishing 
  on 
  this 
  ground, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  

   the 
  paranzella 
  nets 
  do 
  not 
  interfere 
  with 
  other 
  methods 
  of 
  fishing. 
  

   About 
  15 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  brought 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  net 
  are 
  immature. 
  

   The 
  fishery 
  is 
  conducted 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  territorial 
  jurisdiction. 
  

  

  DEMERSAL 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  ENGLAND 
  AND 
  WALES. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  every 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   trace 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  demersal 
  fisheries 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  Wales, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Sea, 
  continuously 
  from 
  1891 
  to 
  the 
  latest 
  

   date 
  for 
  which 
  data 
  are 
  available, 
  but 
  after 
  careful 
  consideration 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  necessary 
  to 
  break 
  the 
  continuity 
  of 
  the 
  discussion, 
  

   because 
  there 
  appears 
  no 
  basis 
  for 
  harmonizing 
  the 
  possible 
  analyses 
  

   of 
  the 
  statistics 
  prior 
  to 
  1901 
  with 
  those 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  after 
  

   1903. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  one 
  basis 
  of 
  comparison 
  is 
  possible 
  between 
  

   the 
  several 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  earlier 
  period 
  and 
  another 
  between 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  later 
  series, 
  but 
  none 
  whatever 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  between 
  1901 
  and 
  

   1903, 
  when 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  abrupt 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   data 
  were 
  presented. 
  

  

  " 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  1911, 
  p. 
  50. 
  

  

  