_ 51 — APPENDIX J: GERMANY 



The division of the German fishing vessels into registered and unregistered took place 

 after the introduction of the law of June 22°* 1899. It agreed, in the main, with the divi- 

 sion which had existed previously: 



A. Vessels for the fishery in the North Sea beyond the coastal waters. 



B. Vessels for the fishery in the coastal waters. 



Whilst the available data scarcely suffice to trace the development of the coastal fishing 

 vessels during the period 1892 — 1903 (for 1883—84 a survey of the Elbe fishery, of the 

 fishery on the west coast and islands of the west coast in the province of Schleswig-Hol- 

 stein, of the fisheries in the magistrates' districts of Stade and Aurich, with details of the 

 numbers of vessels, is given in Lindeman's work), this can be made out clearly for the 

 fishery in the North Sea beyond the coastal waters, by help of the statistics published by 

 the D. Seefischerei- Verein. Table XXIX gives a summary, from which the increase in 

 numbers of the steamers as well as the increase in size of the sailing vessels can be seen. 



Table XXX gives a good picture of the development of the herring fishing fleet. The 

 tables are sufficiently clear to require no further explanation. Between the figures given 

 in these tables, which are "based on the official statistics", and those to be found in the 

 Fischerei-Almanach there are small differences, which probably arise from the fact that 

 the first represent the condition on the l* of January, the second, those of the Almanach, 

 the condition on the P' of September of each year. 



d. Type of boat 



1. Great herring fishery. For this, sailing vessels and also (since 1899) steamers are 

 employed. 



The sailing vessels are almost exclusively the so-called "loggers", and are constructed 

 and rigged out quite after the Dutch pattern. The size varies between 200 and 250 m^ 

 brutto, 158 and 200 m^ netto, or (in registered tons) between 57 and 70. There are some, 

 however, which are smaller than 200 m^ and larger than 250 m^ brutto. 



For a logger of 200 m'' brutto the length is 21-5 m., the breadth 5-9 m., the depth 

 3 m. ; those of 250 m^ are 23.5 m. long, but have almost the same breadth and depth as 

 the shorter. 



Most luggers are provided with steam winches, some with auxiliary engines. 



The steamers of the great herring fishery belong to the Geestemünde and Deep-Sea 

 Fisheries Company and are so-called steam-loggers. The size of these vessels varies between 

 513 and 588 m^ brutto (189—215 m^, 67—76 net registered tons). The length of these 

 steamers is from 37—39 m., the breadth from 6—6-6 m., the depth from 3-24— 3-39 m. 



2. Deep-sea fishery with steamers and sailing-vessels. The steamers are mainly built 

 on the English pattern of steam-trawler. The size varies between 374 and 630 m^ brutto. 

 The largest steamers are 10 in number, belonging to the German Steam-Fisheries Company 

 "Nordsee" of Bremen (Nordenham) and are from 620—630 m^* brutto, 207—219 m" netto 

 (73—77 net registered tons). These steamers have a length of 37-2 m., breadth 7 m. 

 and depth 3-6 m. The average size of all the steamers is, at present, about 460 m^ brutto 

 (= 125 m3 netto or 44-3 registered tons), in length ± 33-5 m., in breadth 6-3 m. and in 

 depth 2-5 m. 



The sailing-vessels are of very different types, of which the "Ewer", cutters and sloops 

 are the most important. 



