1 8 The Commercial P^^oducts of the Sea. 



Other species 

 Oysters ... 

 Mussels ... 

 Other shell-fish .. 

 Crustaceans 

 Line fishery 



78,331,364 = ;^3,i33,254 



Besides seaweed and sand as officially valued at ;^6o,ooo. 



The French fisheries gave employment to the follow- 

 ing :— 



Cod fishery of 

 Newfoundland 



and Iceland. Coast fishery. 



Vessels and boats ... 420 iQjS^S 



Tonnage ... ... 54,622 101,488 



Men employed ... 11,965 65,501 



Out of a gross return of 80,000,000 francs the coast 

 fisheries brought in over 63,000,000 francs. 



Both in the home and foreign fisheries many improve- 

 ments have been carried out of late years in boats, nets, 

 and appliances. In 1873 a great improvement was effected 

 in France by the introduction of capstans worked by steam 

 for hauling in the nets. Steam vessels are also now 

 employed in fishing operations at Teste, Rochelle, and 

 other ports. 



The sale of fish in the Paris markets in 1854 was to the 

 value of 7,500,000 francs (;^300,ooo), of which about 

 1,000,000 francs was for fresh-water fish. In i860 the sales 

 reached about 10,000,000 francs. Paris consumed the 

 following quantities of fresh-water fish, etc. : — 



1854- 1877. 



lbs. lbs. 



Eels 230,440 328,000 



Barbel 23,870 23,826 



Bream 34,160 94>i 76 



Pike 325*840 354,232 



Carried forward ... 800,234 



it forward 



Francs. 

 43,813,200 

 25,878,896 



1,95^*334 

 817,211 

 485,478 

 2,285,458 

 3,094,787 



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