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Quantity and Value of Whelks returned as Landed 



at Stations in England 



and Wales 



IN 1911. 



Station. 



Quantity 



Value. 



East Coast — 



cwts. 







1,292 



OCT 



355 



Lynn 



5,293 



1,039 



Wells 



12,758 



... 2,218 



Shermgham 



8,074 



... 1,131 



Harwicli 



4,482 



8.69 





275 



51 



"Flast, Swalf* 



360 



144 



Whitstable 



10,022 



... 2,256 





58G 



175 



Total 



43,142 



8,238 



South Coast — 









497 



149 





G80 



171 





774 



115 





337 



165 



Total 



2,294 



600 



Other Stations 



1,014 



272 



Total 



46,450 



... 9,110 



The returns and remarl 



vs in trade 



journals wi 



reference to Billingsgate are reflected in the statements 

 made in the Annual Reports of the Inspectors of 

 Fisheries for England and Wales. Thus one finds that 

 practically the only ports where whelk-fishing is carried 

 on are situated between Grimsby and Southampton. 

 This probably means that the fishery is governed by the 

 presence of a large market for the mollusc in the south- 

 eastern area of England. 



