APPENDIX K: KYLE 



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Table XIV. Proportions of large, medium and small soles landed at Ijmuiden, and sold at 



the state auction 



Large 



numbers 



kilog. 



Medium 



numbers 



kilog. 



Small 



numbers 



kilng. 



1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 



44 % 



19 - 



25 - 



23 - 



18 - 



21 - 



18 - 



16 - 



66 o/„ 



46 - 



48 - 



44 - 



38 - 



43 - 



40 - 



38 - 



28 0/0 



10 - 



26 - 



32 - 



30 - 



30 - 



22 - 



23 - 



25 

 15 

 31 

 37 

 38 

 36 

 30 

 31 



28 

 71 

 49 

 45 

 52 



49 

 60 

 61 



v° 



9 °/o 



39 - 



21 - 



19 - 



24 - 



21 - 



30 - 



31 - 



England. The statistical data, with regard to the sole landed on the east coast of 

 England, may contain some small quantities brought from the English Channel and more 

 southern waters. 



4. Statistics of the turbot and brill 



As the turbot, like the sole, is sold separately, and the quantities are readily 

 estimated, the statistics with regard to it should have the greatest degree of accuracy. It 

 is probable, however, that a portion of the quantities given in Table XV come from 

 grounds outside the North Sea. Owing to the extension of trawling within recent years 

 into the Atlantic, to the west of Scotland and to more southern waters, the probability is 

 also, that the quantities from outside the North Sea have been greater in later years than 

 in earlier. If this be the case, it appears from the table that the quantities are hardly 

 maintaining themselves. The influence which affect the catch of soles (see p. 31) cannot, 

 so far as is known, have any effect on the catch of turbot. 



Table XVI shows, that the proportion of small turbot landed in Germany has greatly 

 increased of recent years, and as the total quantities have not increased correspondingly, 

 the quantities of the large must have decreased. The same phenomenon has probably 

 occurred in other countries, but there are no statistics to illustrate the point. 



The quantities of brill are not separately distinguished, except in Germany and 

 England. Table XVII shows, that the quantities taken of this species are considerably 

 smaller than those of the other "prime" fish, the sole and turbot, but that a decrease in 

 the total quantities is not so noticeable. 



It is worthy of remark, that the three species mentioned, namely the sole, turbot and 

 brill, have a greater reproductive fertility than the plaice, and one of them at least, the 

 turbot, grows much faster. 



It is remarkable, therefore, that the quantities of these species are so distinctly less 

 than those of the plaice. 



Notes on the Table showing quantities of turbot 

 Denmark. The turbot and brill are taken together in the Danish statistics. A small 

 quantity of turbot and brill is also taken by the Kattegat cutters fishing in the Skager 



