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trawlers bring only small quantities of flat fish to market from these regions, preferring 

 the round fish. 



If, for the moment, we deduct the quantities known certainly to be other than plaice, 

 i. e. the witches etc. landed in Aberdeen, we have for the quantities of plaice landed on 

 the east coast of Scotland, liners and trawlers included: 



1897 48,146 cwts. 



1898 48,300 — 



1899 57,732 - 



1900 52,995 — 



1901 57,333 — 



1902 58,147 — 



This is the nearest approximate we can obtain from existing data, but from what has 

 been said, the quantities are certainly too high, and whether we should take more from 

 the first years or from the last cannot be determined. Further, if we wished to ascertain 

 the quantity of plaice landed from the North Sea only, we should have to be content with 

 the same figures. Errors in this case would also arise from the small quantities brought 

 from the Fseroes and Iceland, as already mentioned, and the quantities from the north and 

 west coasts of Scotland which are landed at Aberdeen or elsewhere on the east coast. 



The shellfish, whose total value is stated in the table, include oysters, mussels, clams, 

 lobsters, crabs and other unclassified shell fish. Of these, the most valuable at the present 

 time are crabs, (C pagums) and lobsters, forming over 70% of the total value. The 

 lobsters are taken most abundantly on the west coast, the crabs on the east coast. Oysters, 

 mussels and clams were formerly more abundant and of much more value than they are 



Table LXS.V. Average price of flsh landed In Scotland 



in pence per pound (lb.) 



