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heiring more especially, the Skager Rak might be included with the North Sea. With 

 regard to the plaice, on the other hand, it appears from the marking experiments made 

 by Sweden, that this species may migrate from the Kattegat into the Skager Rak, whilst 

 similar experiments made by Denmark have shown that few if any migrate thither from 

 the North Sea. It would be better, therefore, to include the Skager Rak plaice fishery 

 with that of the Kattegat than with that of the North Sea. 



On account of this double nature, the Skager Rak has been omitted entirely from 

 the present work. Its relative importance to Denmark can be ascertained from the tables 

 in Part I (Table XI). 



The Danish statistics employ several different methods in stating the quantities of 

 fish, even the same species, e. g. numbers, tons or pounds (Da.). In the cases where 

 the values were also given, the numbers have with their assistance been converted into 

 pounds and thence into kilograms. 



Germany. In Germany, as in England and Scotland, the quantities of fish landed 

 are stated almost entirely in weight.. The convenience of this, in drawing up these tables, 

 is self-evident. It has been shown in Part I, however, that complete statistics of the 

 German North Sea fisheries only exist for the last few years and that a regular system 

 of publication has not yet been made in Germany. For the earlier years, especially 

 from 1892 — 1896, the quantities are in part estimated. Of the 4 principal fishing ports, 

 statistics are available for Altona and Geestemünde over the whole period considered, 

 but those of Hamburg and Bremerhaven have had to be calculated from the values 

 given, for the years 1892 to 1895. Minor difficulties also occur, as all the species, even 

 the principal ones, are not separately distinguished; e. g. cod and hake, dab and plaice 

 etc. are taken together in the statistics for Altona. 



Within recent years, considerable quantities of fish, especially cod and haddock, have 

 been landed in Germany from Iceland and places beyond the North Sea. These are only 

 partly separated in the German statistics, and are all included here in Table XXVI. 



Holland: The difficulties in connection with the Dutch statistics have been men- 

 tioned in detail in Part I (p. 72). It is only for the principal ports that statistics are 

 forthcoming and only partially even from these. Except for the herring fishery, where 

 the quantities are as accurate as they can be made, the quantities are for a great part 

 estimates. The quantities of fish landed in Holland, from fishing grounds outside the 

 North Sea, are separately distinguished in the Dutch statistics and are not included here. 



Belgium: It is only for the cod-fishery with lines, that statistics of the quantities 

 landed are published in Belgium. These are shown in Table XXIII. These cannot be 

 considered representative of the Belgian fishery, however, so that Belgium has been 

 omitted here entirely. 



France: The French North Sea fisheries consist mainly of the herring-fishery with 

 drift-nets and the cod-fishery by means of long-lines, and the total quantities of these 

 species landed are represented in the table. 



England and Scotland: As the quantities of the various species landed are all 

 given in the same unit, viz. hundredweight (= 508 kg.), it has been a simple matter to 

 ascertain the total quantities in kilograms. It may be said also, that the total quantities 

 as given here for England are very approximately accurate, the uncertainties referred to 

 in Part I concerning rather the quantities of the separate species. 





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