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better paid, this is not sufficient to account for the increased fishery and its greater value 

 in igo2 than in 1890. 



When we add the Swedish results to the Danish, the position thus arrived at is very 

 much strengthened. The Swedish plaice fishery of the Kattegat has practically sprung 

 up since 1890, and though the quantities taken by the Swedes are much less than those 

 taken by the Danes, the evidence is unmistakeable. The quantities taken by the Swedes 

 have decidedly increased. 



The total quantities of plaice taken annually in the Kattegat by the Danish and 

 Swedish fishermen are shown in Table IV. 



The method by which the quantities have been expressed in kg. has been described 

 in dealing with the Danish statistics. It is only necessary to mention again, that it has 

 been used throughout for all the tables. 



The figures in the table show the impossibility of concluding that the quantities of 

 plaice taken annually from the Kattegat have decreased. 



Average catch per boat. Some consideration has already been given to the 

 question, whether the average catch per boat or per fishing day is or is not of impor- 

 tance in determining overfishing and decrease of fish. The evidence given by these 

 factors, it has been pointed out, is quite illusory unless the data is representative, and 

 when the data is representative we should rely upon the total quantities landed annually 

 and not on the average catch. Further, if we wished to employ the average catch as 

 evidence for overfishing, we should use the values and not the quantities. 



An example from the Danish statistics has already been given. That shown in the 

 following table is, however, more definite. 



From the returns of the cutter fishery in the Danish reports, it is possible to estimate 

 the average annual catch of plaice in the Kattegat for a number of boats. The number 

 of months each boat has been fishing in the Kattegat is stated in the statistics, and only 



Table V. Plaice fishery of the Kattegat; average catch of Danish and Swedish boats 



Denmark 



Number 

 of boats 



Total 



Gross 



Tonnage 



Average catch 



kg. 



kr. 



Sweden 



Number 

 of boats 



Average catch 



kg. 



kr. 



1889. 

 1890. 

 1891. 

 1892. 



1893. 

 1894. 



1895. 

 1896. 



1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901 , 

 1902. 



netto tonnage. 



10 



7 

 2 



5 



7 



9 



20 



23 

 6 



9 



5 



12 



118 

 43 



94 

 125 

 233 

 477 

 664 

 168 

 226 

 (78)' 

 (168)1 



13,920 

 22,710 

 26,636 



23,752 

 27,905 

 30,202 

 22,233 



27,479 

 21,160 



14,971 

 23,927 

 23,776 



4,445 

 6,116 



5,143 

 5,944 

 8,402 



5,457 

 8,444 



7,167 

 6,160 

 6,692 

 6,715 



6 

 10 

 14 

 19 

 21 



23 

 25 

 27 

 27 



8,975 

 12,220 



17,533 

 15,441 

 13,762 



15,147 

 18,300 



17,715 

 18,641 



3,506 

 3,620 

 4,379 

 3,9" 

 3,126 



3,957 

 4,452 

 4,872 

 5,050 



