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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  of 
  commercial 
  fishes. 
  Certainly, 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  comparatively 
  little, 
  some 
  produce 
  practically 
  nothing 
  but 
  

   small 
  fish, 
  while 
  others, 
  e. 
  g.. 
  Dogger 
  Bank, 
  are 
  highly 
  productive. 
  

   Probably 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  regions 
  show 
  differences 
  in 
  their 
  several 
  parts, 
  

   and 
  the 
  product 
  differs 
  with 
  the 
  physical 
  characters. 
  The 
  North 
  

   Sea 
  south 
  of 
  a 
  line 
  from 
  Flamborough 
  Head 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  northwest 
  

   point 
  of 
  Denmark 
  is 
  comparatively 
  shallow 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  important 
  

   plaice 
  region. 
  In 
  this 
  area 
  small 
  plaice 
  abound 
  near 
  the 
  shores 
  and 
  

   particularly 
  in 
  the 
  southeast 
  portion 
  on 
  the 
  Dutch 
  and 
  German 
  

   coasts, 
  while 
  the 
  larger 
  fish 
  frequent 
  the 
  offshore 
  banks. 
  North 
  of 
  

   the 
  line 
  described 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  shore 
  the 
  sea 
  is 
  deeper 
  

   and 
  the 
  haddock 
  becomes 
  of 
  relatively 
  greater 
  importance. 
  

  

  The 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea, 
  White 
  Sea, 
  Iceland, 
  

   and 
  Faroe, 
  and 
  their 
  statistical 
  histories, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  

   trace 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  information 
  available, 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  pages. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTH 
  SEA. 
  

  

  First-class 
  vessels. 
  — 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  wholly 
  negligible 
  

   quantity, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  by 
  English 
  

   vessels 
  are 
  landed 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  makes 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  of 
  the 
  landings 
  of 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  and 
  of 
  round 
  

   fishes 
  and 
  flat 
  fishes, 
  respectively, 
  at 
  east 
  coast 
  ports, 
  the 
  data 
  until 
  

   1901 
  being 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  certain 
  ports 
  and 
  after 
  1903 
  for 
  all 
  ports, 
  for 
  

   reasons 
  previously 
  explained. 
  As 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  catch 
  is 
  made 
  

   by 
  first-class 
  vessels, 
  and 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  vessels 
  for 
  which 
  more 
  

   detailed 
  data 
  presented 
  later 
  are 
  available, 
  they 
  alone 
  will 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered. 
  

  

  Total 
  Landings 
  of 
  Demersal 
  Fishes, 
  Round 
  Fishes, 
  and 
  Flat 
  Fishes, 
  from 
  

   THE 
  North 
  Sea 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  in 
  the 
  First 
  and 
  T;Ast 
  

   Years 
  of 
  Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  Note.— 
  The 
  data 
  for 
  1891 
  to 
  1901, 
  inclusive, 
  are 
  for 
  certain 
  ports 
  only, 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  text. 
  

  

  