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  FISHERY. 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  demersal 
  fishes 
  showed 
  a 
  slight 
  improvement, 
  

   but 
  this 
  was 
  clue 
  to 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  fishery. 
  The 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  plaice 
  taken 
  was 
  insignificant, 
  the 
  principal 
  flat 
  fishes 
  

   of 
  the 
  region 
  being 
  halibut 
  and 
  skates, 
  the 
  combined 
  catch 
  of 
  which 
  

   exhibited 
  a 
  large 
  decrease 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  per 
  

   voyage. 
  

  

  Cod 
  and 
  haddock 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  species 
  taken, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  

   cod, 
  the 
  more 
  important, 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  greater 
  quantities, 
  while 
  

   the 
  take 
  of 
  haddock 
  diminished. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  

   table 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  cod 
  was 
  due 
  solely 
  

   to 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  small 
  and 
  medium 
  fish 
  marketed, 
  

   the 
  large 
  fish 
  undergoing 
  an 
  actual 
  quantitative 
  decrease. 
  The 
  same 
  

   trend 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  haddock, 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  actual 
  

   increase 
  in 
  the 
  quantities 
  of 
  medium 
  and 
  small 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  a 
  

   falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  Propobtion 
  of 
  I 
  he 
  Trade 
  Categories 
  to 
  Total 
  Catches 
  of 
  Cod 
  and 
  Haddock 
  

   Taken 
  on 
  Faroe 
  Grounds 
  by 
  English 
  Steam 
  Tbawlebs 
  in 
  Quadrennial 
  

   Periods 
  from 
  1906 
  to 
  1912. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  relatively 
  small 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  fishery, 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  considered 
  necessary 
  to 
  discuss 
  it 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  presentation 
  

   of 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

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

   Steam 
  Liners 
  Fishing 
  on 
  Faroe 
  Grounds 
  in 
  1906 
  and 
  1912. 
  

  

  The 
  Faroe 
  fishery; 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  furnishes 
  no 
  data 
  of 
  value 
  respect- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  plaice, 
  but 
  making 
  due 
  allowance 
  for 
  the 
  shortness 
  of 
  the 
  

   period 
  considered, 
  the 
  data 
  available 
  establish 
  some 
  presumption 
  of 
  

   a 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  haddock 
  and 
  a 
  suspicion 
  that 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  over- 
  

   fishing 
  of 
  the 
  cod. 
  

  

  