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THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



CHAPTER III. 



FISHING DISTRICTS.— SEASON OF FISHING.— PRODUCE. 



Fishing Districts.— Austria : Gorizia, Gradisca, Trieste. — Istria : Isola, Pirano, Salvore, Umago, 

 Daila,- Parenzo, Pola, Lussinpiccolo, Preluca. — Hungarian-Croatian littoral : Fiume, Buccari, 

 Portore, Segna. — Dalmatia ; Zara, Sebenico, Spalato, Ragusa, Cattaro. — Dalmatian Archipelago. 

 — Season of Fishing. — Descriptive part. — Produce. — Pisces. — Sharks, Rays, Sturgeons, Perch 

 tribe, Sea-perches, Red Mullet, Sea-breams, Scorpions, Meagres, Sword-fish, Scabbard-fish, 

 Hair-tail, Horse Mackefel, John Dory, Black-fish, Dolphins, Mackerel, Tunny, Star-gazers, 

 Weevers, Anglers, Gurnards, Flying-Gurnards, Gobies, Dragonets, Band-fishes, Blennies, 

 Spets, Atherines, Mullets, Sticklebacks, Trumpet-fish, Suck-fishes, Lophotes cepedianus, 

 Ribbon-fishes, Coral-fishes, Wrasses, Cod tribe, Ophidium, Fierasfer, Sand-eels, Macrurus, 

 Flat-fish tribe, Scopelidae, Cyprinodon, Gar-pikes, Flying-fish, Salmon tribe, Herring tribe, 

 Eel tribe, Pipe-fishes, Sea-horses, File-fishes, Sun-fishes, Lampreys, Lancelot. — Mollusks. — 

 Cephalopods, Bivalves, Univalves, Tunicates. — Crustaceans. — Echinoderms. — Actinias. — 

 Sponges. — Red Coral. 



HE Austrian- Hungarian fisheries may be divided into three 

 principal sections, viz. : — 



i. Trieste and the coast of Istria. 



2. Fiume and the Hungarian-Croatian littoral. 



3. Dalmatian coast and Archipelago. 

 These are subdivided into the following harbour-masters' 



districts, given in the order of their importance: — 



1. Trieste, Rovigno, Pola and Lussinpiccolo. 



2. Fiume, Portore and Segna. 



3. Zara, Spalato, Ragusa and Megline. 



These include the minor fishing places, such as Grado, Monfalcone, Muggia, 

 Isola, Capo d' I stria, Umago, Parenzo, Orsero, Sansego, Lesina, Lissa, Lagosta, 

 Macarsca, Trappano and Gravosa ; also Buccari, Selce, Segna, &c. 



The sponge fisheries are carried on almost exclusively in the vicinity of the 



