84 CAPTUKES BY LINERS AND TRAWLERS IN 1894. 



£7,807, and conger showed a smaller diminution also in both 

 quantity and value. 



The trawlers produced 347,827 cwts. of round fishes 

 = £168,136, an increase of 37,965 cwts., and a diminution of 

 £10,168 on last year's captures If no other returns than 

 those of the liners had been available the irregularity of the 

 captures of the various forms might have been misunderstood, 

 e.g. that the cod was greatly diminishing. The trawl, however, 

 procured 24,840 cwts. of cod more than the previous year, and 

 an increase of £4,054; 17,631 cwts. of haddocks more than in 

 1893, but with the great diminution of £11,883, showing, as in 

 the former case, the prevalence of the smaller forms. Other 

 kinds of round fishes showed considerable diminution. 



The liners landed 105,244 cwts. of flat fishes = £59,734, 

 nearly double the amount (48,095 cwts.) of the previous year, 

 though the value was only £16,428 more, probably from 

 increased abundance and diminished prices. This total is 

 divided between ordinary flat fishes (pleuronectids) and skate. 

 The former amounts to 61,783 cwts. = £49,133 ; an increase of 

 4,634 cwts. and £5,827 on 1893. Halibut, flounders, plaice 

 and brill account for the increase, the larger share of which 

 (£3,143) falls to the former, while £2,783 cover the three latter. 

 Of skate the total for the year is 43,461 cwts. = £10,601, a 

 diminution on the previous year of 9,165 cwts. and £124. Of 

 other kinds of fishes 32,149 cwts. = £7,808, or 14,311 cwts. and 

 £2,918 less than in 1893. 



The trawlers caught a less amount of flat fishes than the 

 liners, viz. 77,660 cwts., but the value was much greater, viz. 

 £91,887, a somewhat larger amount by 1,253 cwts. and £1,091 

 than in 1893. The total for flat fishes proper was 71,882 cwts. 

 = £90,760, an increase of 857 cwts. and £979 on the previous 

 year. The forms in which an increase occurred were flounders, 

 plaice, and brill 1,099 cwts. and £2,208, and lemon-dabs 667 cwts. 

 and £1,871. A diminution of 996 cwts. and £3,327 in turbot 

 w^as the most important on the other side. Skate showed a 

 slight increase, viz. 395 cwts. and £112; while other kinds of 

 fishes, as in the case of the liners, were reduced by 16,536 cwts. 

 and £3,621. 



