CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUAL FISH 



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North Sea haddock, but in the total yield of the haddock fishing 

 grounds accessible to English fishing vessels. 



England and Wales 

 weight in cwt. of haddock landed 



The localities where the destruction of small haddock by English 

 steam trawlers takes place, are shown in the following table : — 



Percentage 



North Sea 

 The Dogger (Bi) . 

 East of Dogger (C2) 

 West of Dogger (Di) 

 Great Fisher Bank (Di) 

 West-Central area (E) 

 Northern area (Fi) 

 North Sea (whole area) 

 West of Scotland . 



OF Small Haddock, 1906-10 

 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 



60-02 



63-60 

 71-85 

 64-49 

 71-66 

 72-58 

 64-02 

 54-8o 



51-39 

 50-49 

 67-22 



73-57 

 76-07 

 84-61 

 56-60 

 56-48 



33-22 

 28-43 

 59-26 

 67-47 



73-33 

 89-10 



48-43 

 49-93 



31-98 

 23-18 

 57-12 

 52-09 

 64-47 

 79-21 



47-05 

 43-86 



1910. 



44-67 



42-35 

 63-23 

 36-42 



51-31 

 61-19 

 48-96 

 46-44 



As far as quantity was concerned, haddock in 1906 occupied the 

 first place in demersal fish landed in England and Wales, forming 

 33-46 per cent of the whole catch. Nearly three-quarters of this 

 species were caught in the North Sea ; in this area haddock formed 

 nearly half of the total catch. In 1907 the results correspond very 

 closely with those for 1906. In 1907 haddock constituted nearly 

 32 per cent of the total catch of demersal fish ; and nearly 96 per 

 cent of this fish came from four areas : Iceland, Faroe, North Sea 

 and West of Scotland. The quantity landed from the North Sea 

 was, as in 1906 about 75 per cent of the total. In 1908 there was a 

 diminution of 14-5 per cent in the catch of haddock as compared 

 with 1906. The average catch per day's absence by steam trawlers 

 also fell in this time by nearly 12 per cent. In 1909 the North Sea 

 yielded only 66 per cent of the total catch of haddock, though this 



