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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  From 
  1891 
  to 
  1901 
  thei^ 
  are 
  no 
  data 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  

   wpecifically, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  

   out 
  of 
  certain 
  east 
  coast 
  ports 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  operations 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Sea 
  were 
  so 
  overwhelmingly 
  predominant 
  to 
  those 
  carried 
  

   on 
  in 
  other 
  regions 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  ports 
  that 
  no 
  violence 
  is 
  done 
  to 
  

   the 
  validity 
  of 
  the 
  discussion 
  by 
  considering 
  that 
  the 
  fishery 
  was 
  

   conducted 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  alone. 
  These 
  ports 
  were 
  North 
  Shield's, 
  

   Sunderland, 
  Hartlepool, 
  Scarborough, 
  Yarmouth, 
  Lowestoft, 
  and 
  

   Ramsgate. 
  Grimsby, 
  Hull, 
  and 
  Boston 
  were 
  concerned 
  largely 
  or 
  

   predominantly 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  other 
  regions 
  than 
  the 
  North 
  Sea, 
  

   which 
  would 
  introduce 
  an 
  important 
  error, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  therefore 
  

   eliminated 
  from 
  consideration. 
  Furthermore, 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  

   from 
  1891 
  to 
  1901, 
  while 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  is 
  stated 
  irf 
  the 
  

   reports, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  specific 
  designation 
  of 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  respec- 
  

   tive 
  classes 
  and 
  types 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  each, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  ratios 
  of 
  these 
  

   to 
  one 
  another 
  undoubtedly 
  varied 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  effi- 
  

   ciencies 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  sorts 
  and 
  sizes 
  of 
  vessels 
  and 
  the 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   fishes 
  which 
  they 
  catch 
  diverge 
  widely 
  no 
  adequate 
  measure 
  of 
  the 
  

   intensity 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  can 
  be 
  applied. 
  

  

  From 
  1903 
  onward 
  the 
  data 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  are 
  much 
  

   more 
  specific, 
  the 
  catch 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  is 
  definitely 
  given, 
  as 
  are 
  

   also 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  landings 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  sorts 
  of 
  vessels, 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  each, 
  and, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  years, 
  the 
  definite 
  character 
  

   of 
  that 
  catch. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  reservations 
  and 
  limitations 
  imposed 
  by 
  the 
  conditions 
  

   thus 
  summarized, 
  it 
  is 
  possible, 
  however, 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  series 
  of 
  matter 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  on 
  Sea 
  

   Fisheries 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  Wales. 
  If, 
  for 
  instance, 
  a 
  certain 
  tend- 
  

   ency 
  should 
  be 
  shown 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  period 
  inter 
  se, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  tendency 
  should 
  be 
  shown 
  by 
  

   the 
  different 
  sort 
  of 
  analysis 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  data 
  

   available 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  period, 
  the 
  two 
  presumably 
  would 
  be 
  mutu- 
  

   ally 
  corroborative. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  understood 
  definitely 
  and 
  finally, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  specific 
  data 
  for 
  one 
  period 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  compared 
  

   with 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  FISHING 
  REGIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  Wales 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   regions, 
  which 
  are 
  specifically 
  designated 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  for 
  recent 
  

   years: 
  White 
  Sea, 
  Iceland, 
  Faroe, 
  Rockall, 
  North 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  

   North 
  Sea, 
  English 
  Channel, 
  Irish 
  Sea, 
  Bristol 
  Channel, 
  Westward 
  

   of 
  Scotland, 
  West 
  of 
  Ireland, 
  Southward 
  of 
  Ireland, 
  Biscay, 
  and 
  

   Portugal 
  and 
  Morocco. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  regions 
  are 
  resorted 
  to 
  by 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  steam 
  trawlers, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  or 
  practical 
  exclusion 
  

   of 
  other 
  methods 
  of 
  fishing. 
  

  

  