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  FISHERY. 
  

  

  67 
  

  

  were 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  in 
  the 
  quadrennial 
  period 
  1909-1912 
  and 
  

   much 
  smaller 
  in 
  1906-1909 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  1903-1906. 
  

  

  First-class 
  sailing 
  trawlers. 
  — 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  first-class 
  sailing 
  

   trawlers 
  operating 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  is 
  not 
  definitely 
  determinable, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  small 
  relatively 
  to 
  the 
  steam 
  trawlers. 
  In 
  all 
  England 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  heavy 
  decrease 
  in 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  vessels 
  from 
  1891 
  to 
  1901, 
  

   but 
  since 
  then 
  the 
  number 
  has 
  been 
  practically 
  uniform, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  assumed 
  that 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  followed 
  the 
  same 
  

   course. 
  Specific 
  data 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  sailing 
  trawlers 
  are 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  after 
  1902 
  and 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables, 
  which 
  are 
  

   presented 
  with 
  nothing 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  comment 
  that 
  the 
  operations 
  

   of 
  these 
  vessels, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  concerned, 
  are 
  of 
  such 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  insignificant 
  proportions 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  worthy 
  of 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  excepting 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  insignificant. 
  

  

  Quantities 
  of 
  Demeesal 
  Fishes, 
  Classes, 
  and 
  Cektain 
  Kinds 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  

   Sea 
  Landed 
  on 
  the 
  Bast 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  by 
  First-Class 
  Sailing 
  Trawl- 
  

   ers 
  IN 
  the 
  First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  Average 
  Catch 
  Per 
  Day's 
  Absence 
  of 
  Sailing 
  Trawlers 
  in 
  the 
  NoRtn 
  Sea 
  

   from 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  During 
  the 
  First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  

   Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  Species 
  and 
  periods. 
  

  

  Quantity 
  (hundred- 
  

   weight) 
  during 
  — 
  

  

  First 
  year. 
  Last 
  year. 
  

  

  Gain 
  or 
  loss. 
  

  

  Hundred- 
  

   weight. 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Demersal 
  fishes: 
  

  

  1903-1906 
  

  

  1906-1912 
  

  

  Cod: 
  1906-1912 
  

  

  Haddock: 
  1906-1912 
  

  

  Plaice: 
  1906-1912... 
  

  

  9497°— 
  15- 
  

  

  -24 
  

  

  3.11 
  

  

  2.45 
  

  

  .16 
  

  

  .01 
  

  

  1.22 
  

  

  2.45 
  

  

  3.08 
  

  

  .16 
  

  

  .00 
  

  

  1.55 
  

  

  -0.66 
  

   .63 
  

  

  -21 
  

   +25 
  

  

  + 
  .33 
  

  

  +27 
  

  

  