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APPENDIX J: FRANCE 



Only a small part of the total amount of the French fisheries must be considered as 

 the product of French North Sea fisheries — though, with regard to some branches of 

 the open sea fisheries, some doubt remains as to the localities where the fish hnded has 

 been caught. In most reports, figures are given for the quantities of fish landed, their 

 value, the number of boats, of the fishermen etc. pro district (quartier) and pro harbour 

 (port) without any indication of the places where the fish has been caught. A second set 

 of tables divides the quantities, the value etc. for the years 1892—1894 over the Great 

 Fishery (Grande pêche), the Coast- Fishery (Pêche côtière), the Oyster-culture, Mussel-culture 

 and the Ponds (Réservoirs); for the years 1895 — 1900 over: 



Fishery afoot (Peche à pied) 

 Oyster-culture 

 Mussel-culture 

 Other Molluscs etc. 



I. Great Fishery (Cod) V. 



II. Open 8ea Fishery (Pêche hauturière) VI. 



III. Coast Fishery (Pêche côtière, pêche VII. 



en mer) VIII. 



IV. Pond Fishery (Pêche en étang) 



Of these, the only ones that are at least partly of importance for the North Sea 

 fisheries are the Great fishery or Codfishery and the Open Sea Fishery, i 



With regard to these two branches, the following information has been taken from 

 the official statistics. 



A. Great Fishery or Cod-fishery 



For the years 1892 — 1894, the products of the fishery near Iceland and of that in the 

 North Sea are given combined in one table only. For the sake of comparison the same 

 combination is applied to the other years in the following table. 



Table LX. French Cod-fisher; near Iceland and In the North Sea (combined) 

 (N.B. 10 francs = 8 shillings) 



For the years 1895 — 1901, the figures are given in the official publication for the 

 fishery near Iceland and for that at Doggerbank and in the North Sea, in separate tables. 

 The following table gives a summary of these figures: 



' For the calculation of the Nettoweight anil tlje Nottovalue of tliu salted cod and herring compare 

 Holliuid and Belgium. 



