XL -STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE FISHERIES OF SEVERAL 

 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 



[Compiled from the Consular Report for 1882 aud 1883.] 



1.— THE PILCHARD FISHERIES OF FALMOUTH, ENGLAND, IN 1882. 



By Howard Fox, Consul. 



The decadence of the seine fishery is more and more marked. The 

 drift-boats again contributed a large portion of the catch, and were again 

 especially suecessful at the close of the season when fishing at a distance 

 from the curing places. Owing to the more efBcient arrangements for 

 preserving the fish, most of these distant catches turned out better than 

 in some former years. Increased attention was given to pickling in- 

 stead of dry-salting, with satisfactory results, but we regret that some 

 curers remain careless in preparing fish for export, which is a short- 

 sighted policy. » 



The Quantity of pilchards exported during the season of 1882 was 

 8,317 hogsheads (which included about 1,000 hogsheads caught in 1881), 

 as against 13,963 hogsheads shipped during the previous season. The 

 season of 1883 yielded less for export than either of the eleven preced- 

 ing years. The i)rices realized by the curers, the ports to which the 

 fish were exported, and some other interesting particulars relating to 

 this fishery are shown in the following table : 



Summary of inlchards exported from 1870 to 1882. 



Tears. 



Genoa. 



Leghorn. 



Civita 

 Vecchia. 



Naples. 



Bari. 



Venice. 



Total. 



Price per 



hogahoad to 



curers. 



1870.. 

 1871.. 



1872. . 



1873t. 



1874t. 



1875.. 

 1876.. 

 1877.. 

 1878.. 

 1873.. 

 1880.. 

 1881.. 

 188'2§ . 



Bhds. 

 2, 623i 

 15, 551i 

 802 

 10, 652^ 

 14,643 

 819 

 4, 467i 

 4, 994J 

 4,732 

 5,717i 

 7,880 

 7,855i 

 7, 577i 

 9, lOOi 

 6,563 



Hhds. 



583i 

 7,077 



248 

 1, 361J 

 4, 119J 



Hhds. 



1,092 



470 



Hhds. 



1, 548J 

 13, 237 



88 



2, 579i 

 6, 263J 



Hhds. 



100 



1, OlOJ 



Hhds. 



76 



3, 0974 



Hhds. 

 1,117 

 4,545 



632 

 593J 



1, 862i 



2, 173^ 

 2,185 



488 



856 

 221 

 1, 157J 

 744 

 600 

 403 



1, 332J 

 1, 346J 

 3, 1384 

 1, 886* 



1, 368j 



2, 698J 

 2, 847^ 

 4,262i 

 1,351 



155J 

 220i 

 100 



537i 



34 

 155 

 98 

 30 



350 



1,094 

 21U 

 872' 

 919 

 272 

 2264 

 324 



Hhds. 

 6, 0484 

 45, 683J 

 1, 138* 

 18, 406 

 31, 019 

 819* 

 7, 5434 

 7, 337* 

 9, 903" 

 9,477 

 10, 309 

 11, 937| 

 11,. 843 

 13, 963 

 8,317 



Shillings. 

 60 to 90 

 20 68i 



85 

 51 



"so" 



95 

 10) 

 80 

 60 

 08 

 80 

 75 

 84 



* Previous season's fish. 



1 653 hogsheads lost on the voyage, 



[1] 



1 155J hogsheads lost on the voyage. 



§About 1,000 hogsheads were previous season's fish. 



1183 



