7. France 



The Fisheries of France are very important. For the year 1900, the following figures 

 are published in the official lieport "Statistique des Pêches maritimes", Paris, Imprimerie 

 nationale, 1902: 



The fleet of fishing vessels numbered 24,677 ships 



the total tonnage of which was 171,341 tons \ France 



the total number of fishermen 91,336 



moreover 1,244 ships 



of 4,194 tons ^ Algiers 



number of fishermen 5,077 



Fishery afoot was practised by 61,979 persons 



of which in Algiers ... 18 — 



The total value of all the products (with vessels and afoot) of the fisheries of France 

 and Algiers combined, amounted to 106,200,300 francs. 



The value of the products of the fisheries afoot alone amounted to 6,274,000 francs. 



Moreover, fish, molluscs and Crustacea were cultivated in ponds or parks near the French 



coast ; the value of the products raised and sold amounted in that year to 20,755,000 francs. 



So, the sale of the products of the sea, either caught or cultivated in 1900, has given 



' to the French fishermen and owners of coast-establishments a total amount of 126,955,300 francs. 



The above named official Report over the year 1900, which was published by the 



Marine Department in the year 1902, has been the last but one which was published as a special 



report. For the years 1902 and the following, triniestrial papers only have been published 



in the "Kevue maritime", as also in the "Bulletin de la marine Marchande", both journals 



pubhshed by the Marine Department. For the fisheries in the North Sea (Cod- and 



Herring-fisheries), the year 1901 has been the last one for which figures of the quantities 



has been published: to begin with 1902, the tables give figures for the value only. 



Reference Literature: 



1. (Statistique des pêches maritimes (et de rostrcioulture), publiée par le ministère de la marine (et des 

 colonies), pour l'année 1875—1900. Paris, 1877—1902. 



2. Rendement de la pêche et de l'ostréiculture eu Franco ut en Algérie, pendant l'année 1901; Idem pen- 

 dant l'année 1902. (Par trimestres). La Revue maritime ot coloniale. Année 1903. Idem Année 1904' 

 Published also in: Bulletin de la Marine Marchande. iThe last report published is that for the second 

 trimestre of the year 1903.) 



3. J. Légal, Documents sur les pèches cotières. 1869. 



4. G. Roche, La culture des mors en Europe, 1898. 



