82 CAPTURES BY LINERS AND TRAWLERS IN 1893. 



only a trifling excess of income over that year, viz., £9. 10s., a 

 result probably due to diminished prices. The trawlers landed 

 5,383 cwts. = £1,015, or 637 cwts. and £253 less than in 1892. 

 Of 'other kinds of fishes' the net-fishermen brought 3,517 

 cwts. = £891, or 102 cwts. and £731 more than in 1892, while 

 the liners landed 46,461 cwts, = £10,726, or 11,347 cwts. and 

 £3,160 less than in 1892. The trawlers again caught 39,418 

 cwts. = £9,215, or 1,838 cwts. and £195 less than in 1892. 



The price of the round fishes in 1893 is respectively for the 

 liner 85. 2^d. per cwt., and the trawler lis. 6d., or a balance of 

 35. S^d. in favour of the latter, and therefore a higher propor- 

 tion than in 1892. In regard to flat fishes the inclusion of 

 skate makes a considerable difference ; thus the average price 

 for flat fishes, inclusive of skate, is for the liner 9s. lOd., for the 

 trawler 235. dd. per cwt., whereas, when the skate are excluded, 

 it is for the liner 155. 2d., for the trawler 255. Sd. In the 

 former case the trawler receives no less than 45. Id. more than 

 double the amount obtained by the liner ; in the latter case the 

 trawler receives IO5. Id. per cwt. more than the liner. The 

 disproportion in any case is marked. In connection with prices, 

 however, it has to be borne in mind that in many cases the 

 liner is compelled to sell his fishes in remote districts or un- 

 favourable markets, whereas the trawler takes care to put his 

 fishes into the best market, and in quantity. 



Again, the grand total of all kinds of fishes landed in 1892 

 was 5,436,138 cwts. If herrings, sprats, sparlings, and mackerel 

 (viz., 3,664,771) are deducted, 1,771,367 cwts. are left, of which 

 1,391,262 cwts. were caught by liners, and 380,105 cwt. by 

 trawlers, or, in other words, the liners caught more than three 

 times the quantity of fishes landed by the trawlers. In 1893 

 the grand total of all kind of fishes notably exceeds that of 

 1892, and is no less than 6,208,018 cwts., or 771,880 cwts. more 

 than in 1892. The greater proportion of this, however, is 

 made up of herrings, viz., 4,486,187 cwts., — that is to say, a fish 

 which is more or less unprotected at all stages of its life is 

 apparently able to hold its own against its destroyers. It is, 

 however, a purely pelagic form, and depends on the pelagic 

 or floating fauua for its food. If the herrings, &c., are deducted, 



