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  OTTER-TEAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  the 
  medium 
  sizes, 
  and 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  inference 
  that 
  probably 
  only 
  

   the 
  larger 
  haddock 
  were 
  saved 
  in 
  the 
  earlier 
  period 
  when 
  the 
  species 
  

   was 
  less 
  energetically 
  sought. 
  The 
  large 
  plaice 
  have 
  slightly 
  more 
  

   than 
  maintained 
  their 
  proportional 
  importance. 
  

  

  Considering 
  the 
  facts 
  developed 
  and 
  the 
  brevity 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  discuss, 
  we 
  can 
  draw 
  no 
  conclusions 
  except- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  dubious 
  one 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  plaice 
  in 
  the 
  White 
  Sea 
  may 
  

   not 
  be 
  sufficient 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  for 
  that 
  species 
  

   on 
  the 
  scale 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  attained. 
  

  

  FAROE. 
  

  

  This 
  region, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  considered 
  in 
  this 
  

   discussion 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  fisheries, 
  lies 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  

   North 
  Sea 
  and 
  Iceland. 
  Its 
  product, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  7 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   all 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  landed 
  in 
  England, 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   White 
  Sea 
  but 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  Iceland. 
  

  

  About 
  85 
  to 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  

   steam 
  trawlers, 
  which 
  made 
  1,085 
  trips 
  in 
  1906 
  and 
  1,303 
  in 
  1912. 
  

   The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  days' 
  absence 
  was 
  17,215 
  in 
  1906 
  and 
  18,445 
  in 
  

   1912, 
  the 
  average 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  voyages 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  years 
  being 
  

   15.8 
  and 
  14 
  days 
  respectively. 
  The 
  total 
  catch 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  per 
  

   voyage 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  : 
  

  

  Total 
  Catch 
  of 
  Demersal 
  Fishes, 
  Classes, 
  and 
  Important 
  Kinds 
  by 
  English 
  

   Steam 
  Trawlers 
  Fishing 
  on 
  Faroe 
  Grounds, 
  1906 
  and 
  1912. 
  

  

  Classes 
  and 
  species. 
  

  

  Demersal 
  fishes 
  

   Round 
  fishes. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Flatfishes 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Haddock 
  

  

  Plaice 
  

  

  Quantity 
  (hundred- 
  

   weight). 
  

  

  536, 
  947 
  

   470, 
  675 
  

   30, 
  231 
  

   245,364 
  

   190, 
  740 
  

   4,346 
  

  

  1912 
  

  

  584,484 
  

   539, 
  775 
  

   20, 
  155 
  

   341,704 
  

   147,525 
  

  

  Gain 
  or 
  loss. 
  

  

  Himdred- 
  

   weight. 
  

  

  +47,537 
  

   +69,100 
  

   -10,076 
  

   + 
  96,340 
  

   -43,215 
  

   - 
  3,357 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  + 
  8 
  

   +14 
  

   -33 
  

   +39 
  

   -22 
  

   -77 
  

  

  Average 
  Catch 
  per 
  Landing 
  by 
  English 
  Steam 
  Trawlers 
  Fishing 
  on 
  Faroe 
  

  

  Grounds, 
  1906 
  and 
  1912. 
  

  

  Classes 
  and 
  species. 
  

  

  Demersal 
  fishes 
  

   Round 
  fishes... 
  

  

  Flatfishes 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Haddock 
  

  

  Plaice 
  

  

  Quantity 
  (hundred- 
  

   weight). 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  495 
  

   434 
  

   28 
  

   226 
  

   176 
  

   4 
  

  

  1912 
  

  

  449 
  

   414 
  

   15 
  

   262 
  

   113 
  

  

  Gain 
  or 
  loss. 
  

  

  Hundred- 
  

   weight. 
  

  

  -46 
  

   -20 
  

   -13 
  

   +36 
  

   -63 
  

   - 
  3.2 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  - 
  5 
  

   -44 
  

   +15 
  

   -35 
  

   -80 
  

  

  