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  FISHEEY. 
  

  

  79 
  

  

  and 
  1903 
  only. 
  Skates 
  increased 
  constantly 
  and 
  consistently 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  entire 
  period 
  considered. 
  The 
  increase 
  in 
  round 
  fishes 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  noted 
  is 
  therefore 
  due 
  principally 
  to 
  cod, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  part 
  to 
  haddock 
  also. 
  The 
  increase 
  in 
  flat 
  fishes 
  is 
  due 
  mainly 
  

   to 
  the 
  improved 
  catch 
  of 
  halibut. 
  

  

  STEAM 
  TRAWLERS. 
  

  

  In 
  1891 
  over 
  98 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  in 
  1912 
  over 
  95 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  steam 
  

   trawlers 
  of 
  Scotland 
  hailed 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  The 
  composition 
  

   of 
  the 
  fleet 
  prior 
  to 
  1898 
  is 
  not 
  known, 
  but 
  it 
  probably 
  contained 
  

   some 
  beam 
  trawlers, 
  but 
  in 
  1898, 
  and 
  thenceforth 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   time, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  were 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  efficient 
  otter 
  

   trawl. 
  The 
  statistical 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  fleet 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   table 
  : 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Scotch 
  and 
  Foreign 
  Steam 
  Otter 
  Trawlers 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  

   OF 
  Scotland 
  During 
  the 
  First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  Total 
  Catch 
  by 
  Steam 
  Trawlers 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  Scotland 
  in 
  the 
  

   First 
  and 
  Last 
  Years 
  of 
  Certain 
  Periods. 
  

  

  