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1. Sept. 1. Sept. 

 1901 1902 



Mouth of the Weser (Blexen, Brake, Bremerhaven, Elsfleth, Geestemünde, 



Grossensiel, Strohausen) 23 22 



Jade Bay (Westacumersiel, Wilhelmshafen) 3 2 



East Frisian Islands (Wangeroog, Spiekeroog, Baltrum, Norderney, Borkum). 34 30 



East Frisian coast (Bensersiel, Neuharlingersiel, Norddeich, Greetsiel) 20 18 



Ems (Leer, Terborg) 3 3 



(Baltic ports: Dievenow, Greifswald) 19 19 



Total... 102 94 



No details are to hand concerning the fishery of these vessels, viz.: in 1901, 

 22 cutters, 20 "Ewer", 56 sloops, 2 "Aak" and 2 yachts; in 1902, 22 cutters, 19 "Ewer", 

 50 sloops, 1 "Aak" and 2 yachts. The trawl (or the "kurre") is the chief fishing apparatus, 

 lines and hooks coming second; the fish caught are chiefly landed at the fish markets at 

 the mouth of. the Weser (Geestemünde and Bremerhaven). 



This branch of the German deep-sea fishery is gradually decreasing in importance, and 

 this may doubtless be ascribed in the first place to the advance of the deep-sea fishery of 

 the steamers, to the description of which we may now proceed. 



The first steamer began to work from Geestemünde in 1885 and sale by auction was 

 started a little later (in Hamburg and Altona in 1887, in Geestemünde in 1888, in Bremer- 

 haven in 1892). At the same period, in 1885, namely, a separate section for the coast 



Table XX. DeTelopiiient of Ih« Oeriiian steam Ashing fleet from 1885—1903 



(N.B. The numbers in brackets refer to the steamers which do not fish with trawls: thus 59(1) means 



58 steamers fishing with the trawl). 



1885, Ist of January 



1887, - - 



1889, - - - 



1891, - - — 



1893, - - — 



Steamers 



2 - 

 10 — 

 22 - 

 59(1) - 



1895, 1st of January 



1897, - - — 



1899, - - - 



1901, - - - 



1903, - - — 



72 (1) Steamers 

 103(1) 



126 (5) — 

 122 (8) - 

 135 (11) — 



Table XXI. DeTelopment of the flsh-auctlons at the four principal markets: Hamburg, Altona, Geesteiuiinde 



and BremerhaTen 



(N.B. For the years 1887—92, the numbers are taken from the annual report for 1893—94, (1), 1895, 

 p. 110, for the later years from the regular Annual Reports). 



