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Considerable quantities of several species, especially cod, haddock, ling, plaice, turbot 

 and halibut, are landed at the North Sea ports of these countries, from fishing grounds 

 outside the North Sea, and are included in the table above. 



9. Statistics of the total value of all fish landed for the most part at 



North Sea ports 



Table XXVII shows the total value of the fish landed, in too shillings or marks. 

 The endeavour has been to limit the matter as far as possible to the North Sea, but 

 for reasons already stated, it is impossible, at the present time, to ascertain the precise 

 value of the North Sea fisheries alone. An approximate estimate would be 90 % of the 

 values stated, but this is little more than a guess. 



The great increase in the value of the fisheries since 1892, amounting roughly to 

 f 35,000,000 or 70,000,000 marks, shows that, whether the fisheries are or are not in a 

 critical condition, the remuneration obtained is sufficient encouragement for their future 

 prosecution. The question whether man,, by legislative restrictions, could appreciably 

 improve upon the sums represented in the table, is even more difficult to answer than 

 the possibility of increasing the total quantities. It may be said in general, however, that 

 for a fishery and a market approximately stable, an increase in the total value is more 

 likely to ensue from an improvement in the quality of fish landed than from an increase 

 in their quantity. 



The best index of the quality of fish is given by the average price, to the consider- 

 ation of which we may now turn. 



Table XXVII. Total value of all fish landed for the most part at North Sea ports, in 



100 shillings 



Denmark 

 (west coast) 



England 

 (east coast) 



Scotland 

 (east coast) 



Total 



1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1903 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 



6,054 

 6,491 



6,519 

 5,360 

 7,074 

 S,i45 

 8,811 

 12,338 



753,925 

 807,266 



832,317 



859,419 



855,414 



914,948 



939,426 



1,080,140 



1,127,552 



1,089,342 



1,071,686 



267,123 

 277,408 

 270,373 

 309,133 

 277,280 

 285,183 



325,337 

 380,505 



405,535 

 396,044 

 442,106 



425,792 



1,230,551 

 1,302,917 

 i,339;638 

 1,428,930 



1,381,336 

 1,486,113 

 1,562,723 

 1,768,001 

 1,891,622 

 1,862,920 

 1,977,398 



ID. Statistics regarding the average price of the principal species 



of food fishes 



The average price paid for fish, in the different countries concerned, is represented 

 in Table XXVIII. The figures have been calculated from the total values and quantities 

 of each species, and their accuracy is affected therefore by the various shortcomings in 

 the statistics already mentioned. 



