1,000,000 TONS OF FISH.
Over'a million tons, of fish'(exclusive of'--.shellfish) wero landed at British ports by,;-: British fishing vessels in 1906,' according to" • tho'.latcst report of the Board of Agriculture • T '- and' Fisheries. -. V.' *- ■. -" • The'; total- (1,027,004 tons) is the highest yet' recorded. Including shellfish, the : valua of the whole catch was £11,338,775, also a'' i record figure. ;In twenty-years: the value of fish landed at ports in England and Wales has doubled. , . ! The number of British fishing 'vessels ia 9332; and their aggregate tonnage _ 178,509* . • vhilo- the industry finds : occupation . for. 35,007 men regulai'ly employed and 8080;:.others occasionally employed. -: 1 v? r The North Sea holds an Unchallenged- posif, ;. tionamoligthe various fishing'grounds, , and v.i :cohtributes 55 per cent, to total, catch; i-.ii:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 17
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1231,000,000 TONS OF FISH. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 17
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