FOREIGN AND COLONIAL FISHERIES 261 



The officials are required to do all in their power to promote the 

 fisheries and to advise and assist fishermen in their calling. There 

 is a State Biological Station under the Department of Agriculture. 

 The amount of money provided by the Government for scientific 

 fishery investigations in Denmark is about £6,525 per annum, of 

 which £4,387 are devoted to the international researches. In 1912 

 there were 17,183 fishermen and 14,162 fishing boats in Denmark, 

 excluding 601 vessels and 638 fishermen engaged in the Ringkobing 

 and Nissum Fjords. 



In Denmark the fishing industry is largely an inshore one, and 

 the total value in 1912 was estimated at £908,597, excluding 

 Ringkobing and Nissum Fjords, valued at £17,354.^ 



Under the stimulus of the German demand the Danish fisheries 

 increased enormously after the outbreak of war. 



The following tables gives an idea of the increased earnings of 

 the Danish fishermen. 



Value of Fish Landed in Denmark 



19x4 .... £960,730 



1915 .... £1,473,610 



1916 .... £3,210,700 



As a rule it is the plaice fisheries which are the most important, 

 but in 1916 the haddock came first, herring next, then cod, eel and 

 plaice. Of haddock 24,304 tons, value £838,280 were landed in 

 Denmark and exported, for the most part, to Germany. 



In 1916 Denmark exported 1,668 tons of fish to England compared 

 with 5,883 tons in 1915. Nearly all the fish arrived between January 

 and May, only 247 tons arriving after the latter month. Rrobably 

 between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of fish went from Denmark to 

 Germany in 1916. The demand was keen and prices high. 



France 



There is a central fisheries office at the Ministry of Marine, 

 Statistics referring to France and Algeria are published aimually 

 in the Statistique des Peches Maritimes. Details of the French 

 fisheries at Iceland and Newfoundland may be found in the Revue 

 Maritime, Paris (for 1910 see Vol. CLXXXVII). 



The French Colonial fisheries are dealt with in L'industrie des 

 Peches aux Colonies, par Darboux, Cotte, Stephan et Van Gaver. 

 Marseille. Barlatier, 1906. 



1 For further details refer to Dansk-Fiskeritidende, Helsingor (a weekly journal 

 published by the Dansk Fiskeriforening (Danish Fishery Society) ; also a yearly 

 Report of the same Society, Aarsberetning for Dripsaarei. The Fiskeribladet is the 

 journal of the Danish Fish Traders' Association (Dansk Fiskehandler og Havfis- 

 keriforening). 



