42 BRITISH FISH AND FISHERIES. 



river from the estuary and tideway earlier 

 than the more adult fish. 



Many English rivers produce salmon, as the 

 Dee, the Esk, the Severn, the Wye, and rarely 

 the Thames. There is good salmon fishing in 

 some of the Welsh rivers, but it is from the 

 rivers of Scotland and Ireland that the mar- 

 kets are most abundantly supplied, and these 

 fisheries are mostly private property. London 

 derives the principal part of its supply from 

 Scotland ; and Liverpool, Manchester, and the 

 midland districts of England, from Ireland. Of 

 the Scotch rivers, the Tweed is celebrated for 

 its fishery. About thirty years ago, it produced 

 a rental of from 15,000 to 18,000 per year. 

 But from various causes it has lately declined 

 to such a degree, that it does not yield above 

 4,000 or 5,000 a year to its proprietors ; 

 the falling-off in this fishery, judging by the 

 returns from Berwick, is from about 10,000 

 boxes, each averaging nine stone, to 3,000 

 boxes, shipped annually from that port. Besides 

 the Tweed, there are other rivers in Scotland 

 with a valuable fishery, as the Tay, Forth, Dee, 

 Don, Findhorn, etc., but all are mostly in the 

 same condition as the Tweed. " There are 

 everywhere complaints of the growing scarcity 

 of fish ; and the fact that the exports from the 



