iv Thirty-third Annual R&port 



of £3,208,536. This is a decrease in value as compared with the 

 preceding year of £789,181, and in quantity of 388,029 cwts. 



This result was obtained by 8869 fishing vessels manned by crews 

 amountino- to 37,594. 



We give below in summary form the means of capture employed 

 and the resultant catch since 1898. 



Summary of Means of Capture and Results. 





Number 



Value of 



Total Catch. 



Year. 



of 



Tioa.ts and 











Vessels. 



Gear. 





V Q 1 11 O 



T di Utr. 







£ 



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 



7,947,829 



2,231,102 



1905 



10,581 



3,304,695 



7,856,310 



2,649,148 



1906 



10,554 



4,117,549 



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 



1914 



8,869 



6,297,745 



7,440,321 



3,208,536 



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. 



Changes in Means of Capture. 



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

 which the saiHng boats are being superseded by or transformed into 

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



Our anticipation in recent Reports of a large increase in the number 

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

 1914, 108 steam and 171 motor boats were added to the fishing fleet. 



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 



