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  OTTEK-TEAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  Steam 
  liners. 
  — 
  Steam 
  liners, 
  still 
  more 
  than 
  sailing 
  trawlers, 
  bear 
  

   but 
  an 
  insignificant 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  fisheries 
  of 
  England, 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  : 
  

  

  Quantities 
  of 
  Demersal 
  Fishes, 
  Classes, 
  and 
  Certain 
  Kinds 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  

   Sea 
  Landed 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  by 
  Fiest-Class 
  Steam 
  Liners 
  

   IN 
  THE 
  First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  o. 
  Landed 
  in 
  all 
  England 
  and 
  Wales, 
  but 
  probably 
  all 
  on 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  Average 
  Catch 
  Per 
  Day's 
  Absence 
  of 
  Steam 
  Liners 
  Fishing 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  

   Sea 
  from 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England 
  in 
  1906 
  and 
  1912, 
  Respectively. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  CONDITIONS 
  IN 
  THE 
  NORTH 
  SEA. 
  

  

  Summarizing 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Sea, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  official 
  reports, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  

   since 
  1891 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  material 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   fishes 
  caught, 
  and 
  that 
  both 
  round 
  fishes 
  and 
  flat 
  fishes 
  have 
  partici- 
  

   pated 
  in 
  this 
  decrease. 
  During 
  this 
  time 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  considerable 
  

   change 
  in 
  the 
  strength 
  and 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  fleet, 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  the 
  otter 
  trawl 
  for 
  the 
  

   beam 
  trawl, 
  which 
  became 
  practically 
  complete 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1898. 
  

   Since 
  that 
  time, 
  at 
  least, 
  this 
  apparatus 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  predominant 
  

   means 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  fishery 
  was 
  conducted, 
  and 
  it 
  catches 
  about 
  90 
  

   per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  taken 
  by 
  all 
  means 
  by 
  English 
  vessels, 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  