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the price 1s. 3d. per dozen. They are caught by sailing 
trawlers in the Irish Sea, the greatest quantities being 
found between Fleetwood and Douglas (Isle of Wile way, 9) Mba 
the Isle of Man, Pecten maximus is known hovnly as 
“tanrogan,’ and P. opercularis as “ queens.” When 
trawled they are occasionally used as food, and a few 
connoisseurs cure and pot them. 
Little or no use seems to be made of the large bed off 
Port Erin, which might supply the fishermen of that place 
and Peel with bait for the long lines. 
The following are the quantities and values of the 
“elams”’ (P. opercularis) landed from the Firth of Forth 
beds for the last twenty years, from 1888 :— 
1888, 20,674 cwt. ... £2,918 | 1898, 14,0138 ewt. ... £1,595 
ieevmesolbhewt. ... 2,003 | 1899, 12,125 cwt. ... 1,485 
isoueco UG cwt. ... 3,29% | 1900, 6,372 cwt. ..: S61 
feviecoobeewt. ... 3,047 | 1901, 6,587 cwt. ... 802 
imveeciniuuewt, .... 2,¢00 | 1902, 4,320 cwt, ... 586 
1893, 17,684 ewt. ... 2,388 | 1903, 4,606 cwt. ... 637 
1894, 25,588 ewt. ... 3,317 | 1904, 6,993 cwt. ... 944 
evo tooo ewt. ... 2,645) 1905, 7,848 ewt. ... 1,129 
Nejimeeoosewt. ... <,9lo| 1906, Z338tewt. ... 1,083 
Hoviwloecooewt. .... 2,408) 1907, 7,197 cwt. ... 953 
It will be seen from the above that a great falling off 
in the clam industry is recorded, especially beginning 
with the year 1900. This, together with the shght 
increase from the years 1904 onwards is to be put down to 
the decline in line fishing and the slight revival in the 
last few years recorded, and not to any decrease in the 
actual number of the Pecten on the beds. 
No figures are given in the Enghsh Fishery Reports 
of the value or quantity of scallops landed, but they are 
recorded as being fished from several places-Scarborough, 
