126 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



from the grounds on which they caught 

 plaice, but apparently this has been no 

 hardship, for the profits from the other 

 banks have greatly improved, and the pros- 

 pects for an abundance of fish are greater 

 than ever before. The Danish increases 

 should be a good indication to the British 

 industry of what conditions are likely to 

 be when the war is over. 



After haddock the chief kinds of fish 

 landed are herring, mostly from the Baltic. 

 Last year 700,000 worth were sold, against 

 260,000 in 1915. Eels, fish greatly prized 

 in Germany, produced 400,000 mostly 

 from the inland waterways. The value of 

 the plaice landed was nearly up to the 

 figures for 1915, which were 400,000. 

 Cod-fish brought in 480,000, compared 

 with 222,000 in 1915. 



Thus the fisheries of Denmark are ex- 

 tremely flourishing, and a good proportion 

 of the extra 2,000,000 which goes into 

 the pockets of the fishermen and merchants 

 will no doubt be employed to increase their 

 fishing fleets, and perhaps to attempt the 

 English methods. Also, this capital will 

 give them an opportunity of adopting the 



