264 ANIMAL FOOD RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



Salmon, 2,880 cwts 



Herrings, 19,920 mease 



Mackerel, 4,900 packages 

 Haddock and cod, 3,000 packages 



Eels, 1,000 packages 



Prime trawl fish, 2,304 hampers 



OfEal, 8,856 hampers 



Lobsters, crabs, shrimps, cockles, &c. 



£65,716 



What is termed " offal fish " by the dealers, are had- 

 docks, sprats, herrings, mackerel, skate, and perhaps 

 cod. 



There is nearly double the quantity of fish brought 

 into Liverpool that used to be. The demand has in- 

 creased, and the supply has kept up with the demand. 

 Soles are nearly twice as dear as they were formerly. 



In 1880 we imported of fresh fish (not of British 

 taking) 550,737 cwt., valued at £438,789, and of cured 

 or salted fish from abroad 792,697 cwt., valued at 

 £1,227,921. The fresh fish was mostly consumed in the 

 kingdom. The exports consisted of 6,333 cwt. of salmon, 

 41,259 cwt. of cod, 1,072,397 barrels of herrings, and 

 11,770 head of pilchards — the latter to Italy. 



The value of the herrings exported in 1883 was 

 £1,643,622, and of the other fish sent away £466,334. 

 We import about 130,000 cwt. of fish from France, of 

 the value of £400,000. 



Owing to religious observances, fish is more in request 

 in Catholic countries than in England. 



150,000 cwt. of fish were consumed in Berlin in 1873. 



According to the latest statistics the following were 

 some of the imports of fish into different countries in 1880. 

 Germany 737,137 tons of herrings, Spain 44,203,000 

 kilos, of codfish, Italy 43,204,000 kilos, of fish of all kinds, 

 Kussia 350,000 to 400,000 barrels of salted herrings 

 yearly. Sweden imports 775,000 to 1,000,000 cubic feet 

 of herrings annually ; a curious trade measure. 



The undeveloped fishing resources of North America 



