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  It 
  is 
  apparent 
  from 
  the 
  foregoing 
  that 
  from 
  1891 
  to 
  1901 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  fluctuated, 
  but 
  showed 
  a 
  slight 
  net 
  gain 
  

   for 
  the 
  period, 
  and 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  fluctuation 
  was 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  both 
  round 
  fishes 
  and 
  flat 
  fishes, 
  the 
  former 
  registered 
  a 
  

   net 
  loss 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  a 
  net 
  gain 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  period. 
  The 
  period 
  

   from 
  1903 
  to 
  1912 
  was 
  characterized 
  by 
  consistent 
  losses 
  in 
  both 
  

   round 
  fishes 
  and 
  flat 
  fishes, 
  but 
  more 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  latter, 
  which 
  

   of 
  course 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  heavy 
  loss 
  in 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  as 
  a 
  whole. 
  

  

  The 
  catches 
  of 
  cod, 
  haddock, 
  and 
  plaice 
  combined 
  have 
  averaged 
  

   from 
  87 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  to 
  

   about 
  72 
  per 
  cent; 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock 
  constitute 
  about 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   the 
  round 
  fishes, 
  and 
  plaice 
  from 
  about 
  60 
  to 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  

   flat 
  fishes. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  compares 
  the 
  catches 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  

   species 
  in 
  the 
  respective 
  years 
  considered 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  : 
  

  

  Total 
  Landings 
  of 
  the 
  Three 
  Important 
  Demersal 
  Pishes 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  

   Sea 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  in 
  the 
  First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  Cer- 
  

   tain 
  Periods. 
  

  

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

  

  From 
  this 
  table 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  cod 
  increased 
  

   during 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1891 
  to 
  1901, 
  but 
  fluctuated, 
  although 
  regis- 
  

   tering 
  a 
  small 
  net 
  gain 
  from 
  1903 
  to 
  1912 
  ; 
  the 
  total 
  yield 
  of 
  haddock 
  

   from 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  decreased 
  consistently 
  and 
  heavily 
  in 
  both 
  pe- 
  

   riods, 
  while 
  the 
  plaice 
  gained 
  throughout 
  the 
  first 
  period 
  and 
  lost 
  

   heavily 
  in 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  First-class 
  steam 
  traiolers. 
  — 
  ^The 
  landings 
  of 
  fish 
  by 
  steam 
  trawlers 
  

   prior 
  to 
  1903 
  are 
  not 
  separately 
  given, 
  but 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  safely 
  assumed 
  

   on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  a 
  statement 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1901 
  that 
  the 
  

   vast 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  tables 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  

  

  