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Table 7. Fishing vessels, which fished in the North Sea beyond the coastal waters on 

 the P' of January 1886 and 1887. 



— 8. Product of the Emden herring fishery for 1872—1886. 



— 9. Summary of the results of the sea fishery carried on from the Elbe and 



Schleswig-Holstein west coast, from the returns of 28 vessels, for 1886. 

 The remaining tables are concerned with the German import and export of fish, the 

 sale of fish and so on, but these fishery products do not exclusively refer to the German 

 fisheries. Only the Tables 21 and 22 are exceptions: 



Table 21. Statistics for the year 1887 of the returns of fresh-fish etc. as shown by 



altogether 1579 landings from Finkenwärder vessels. 

 — 22. Summary of the monthly returns of the most important fresh-fish and 



shell-fish for the St. Pauli market at Hamburg 1887. 

 B'or the later publications regarding the German sea fisheries, we are indebted almost 

 entirely to the «D. Seefischerei- Verein.» The following list contains the most important of 

 these publications. 



1. The annual reports published since 1888 in the «Mitteilungen» (1). 



For the years 1886, 1887 to the end of March 1888 and from the P' of April 1888 

 to the end of March 1889, the annual reports deal with the fishery on the German 

 coast and in the coastal waters. The report for April 1889 — 90, as well as the later, 

 deal with the German sea- and coast- fisheries. From 1886—1898, the reports were 

 worked out by G. Havemann, from 1899—1900 by Dr. M. Lindem an, and from 

 1901—1903 by A. Schal 1er. As already shown in the first portion of this work, the 

 annual reports give information on many points of the German sea fisheries; naturally, 

 the figures given are for the whole year. 



2. The summaries, published likewise in the "Mitteilungen", of the German vessels 

 which fish in the North Sea beyond the coastal waters. According to Dittmer (8), the 

 Home Office is responsible for the publication of these annual lists. 



These summaries continue the data given in Table VII of Linde man's "Beiträge" 

 and begin with the "condition on the P' of January 1901". They contain the number of 

 vessels, their gross tonnage, crews and the kind of fishing engaged in by each. The number 

 of steamers, engaged in the several fisheries, is also given each time. 



3. The figures, published in similar manner in the "Mitteilungen", of the catches made 

 by the fishermen who are assisted by loans and means from the government and states 

 funds. These figures refer to the years 1892 — 1902 and are especially of value for the 

 results of the herring fishery. 



4. The "Seefischerei- Almanach" for 1898 and following years, published by the "Deutscher 

 Seefischerei-Verein", in which, amongst other things, a list is given of the Gorman sea and 

 coast fishing vessels. 



5. The yearly statistics drawn up by the auctioneers of the fish sold by auction. 

 These are printed and distributed amongst the people interested. They exist: 



for Altena, since 1887, 

 - Bremerhaven, since 1897, 

 and - Geestemiindo, since 1889. 

 So far as Hamburg is concerned, the statistics likewise began in June 1887, for the fish- 

 market at St. Pauli. These were not regularly printed, however. Copies of the statistical 



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