iv Thirty-second Annual Report 



Summary op Means of Capture and Result. 





JN umber 



Value 01 



Total Catch. 



lear. 



01 



Boats and 









Vessels. 



Gear. 



• * 

 Quantity.* 



Value. 







£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



1898 



11,576 



2,029,384 



6,558,768 



1,879,866 



1899 



11,245 



2,383,776 



5,145,076 



2,189,933 



1900 



11,275 



2,711,877 



5,369,265 



2,325,994 



1901 



11,201 



3,001,301 



6,385,170 



2,238,310 



1902 



11,097 



3,212,455 



6,866,028 



2,502,668 



1903 



11,008 



3,448,168 



6,518,808 



2,401,287 



1904 



10,891 



3,431,284 



7 Q17 «9Q 



9 9^1 109 



1905 



10,581 



3,304,695 



7,856,310 



2,649,148 









7,593,369 



2,977,583 



1907 



10,365 



4,857,816 



9,018,153 



3,149,127 



1908 



10,078 



5,223,149 



8,645,252 



2,512,162 



1909 



9,889 



5,291,533 



7,423,185 



2,889,107 



1910 



9,724 



5,439,857 



8,709,655 



3,100,387 



1911 



9,543 



5,628,087 



8,511,974 



3,127,929 



1912 



9,290 



5,777,102 



8,587,106 



3,656,178 



1913 



8,991 



6,035,952 



7,828,350 



3,997,717 



* Excluding shell-fish, which are sold partly by number {e.g., oysters) and partly 

 by weight {e.g., mussels), and have no common measure except value. 



The decrease in the total number of vessels shows the rapidity with 

 which the sailing boats are being superseded by or transformed into 

 vessels propelled by steam or motor power and manned by larger crews. 



Our anticipation in last Annual Report of a large increase in the 

 number of power-propelled fishing vessels has been amply fulfilled. 

 During 1913, 109 steam and 167 motor boats were added to the fishing 

 fleet, and since the close of the year a further considerable addition 

 has been made. The resources of the local builders have been taxed 

 to the utmost and even outrun to meet the demand in the case of 

 steam. Fishermen have also purchased second-hand drifters in 

 England and elsewhere. 



With regard to motor power not much progress is being made with 

 its introduction as an auxiliary motive power into the existing fleet 

 of herring sail boats. There are doubtless good reasons for this. The 

 two most obvious are (1) the fact that no new herring sail boats have 

 been built for several years, while the usual proportion are going out of 

 action by efilux of time, and (2) the fact that no satisfactory application 

 of the propulsive motor power of the vessel to the hauling of the 

 herring nets has yet been devised. There are other reasons of a 

 subsidiary character, but the above are the most outstanding. 



