Table V.—Quantity and Average Landing Value of Shell-fish landed on the Coasts of England and Wales.
| Year. | Number. | Average Price. | ||||||||||
| Thousands. | Mills. | Thousands of Cwt. | Per Hundred. | Per Cwt. | ||||||||
| Crabs. | Lobsters. | Oysters. | Sundries. | Crabs. | Lobsters. | Oysters. | Sundries. | |||||
| £. | s. | £. | s. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| 1890 | 4808 | 922 | 47.6 | 505 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1895 | 4501 | 677 | 25.3 | 590 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 1900 | 5177 | 654 | 37.8 | 539 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1905 | 5106 | 503 | 35.4 | 423 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Table VI.—Total Quantity of the more important Fishes and Shell-fish landed in Scotland.
| Year. | In Thousands of Cwt. | Cwt. | Number (Thousands). | ||||||||||
| Herring. | Lemon Sole. | Flounder, Plaice, and Brill. | Halibut. | Cod. | Ling. | Haddock. | Whiting. | Skate. | Mussels. | Crabs. | Lobsters. | Oysters. | |
| 1890 | 3980 | 17 | 81 | 20 | 449 | 170 | 754 | 75 | 54 | 181 | 2882 | 643 | 350 |
| 1895 | 4077 | 19 | 80 | 29 | 459 | 165 | 1001 | 43 | 59 | 194 | 2548 | 610 | 239 |
| 1900 | 3520 | 21 | 102 | 26 | 434 | 157 | 761 | 75 | 72 | 143 | 3128 | 680 | 796 |
| 1905 | 5343 | 31 | 561 | 36 | 677 | 151 | 932 | 184 | 100 | 103 | 1990 | 760 | 218 |
Table VII.—Total Quantity of the more important Fishes and Shell-fish returned as landed on the Irish Coasts.
| Year. | In Thousands of Cwt. | Number (Thousands). | ||||||||||
| Mackerel. | Herring. | Sole. | Turbot. | Cod. | Ling. | Haddock. | Whiting. | Hake. | Oysters. | Crabs. | Lobsters. | |
| 1890 | 502 | 85 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 39.6 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 25.3 | 576 | 228 | 238 |
| 1895 | 339 | 171 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 43.6 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 11.9 | 18.7 | 563 | 240 | 276 |
| 1900 | 278 | 284 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 33.6 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 236 | 202 | 286 |
| 1905 | 505 | 354 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 18.6 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 18.3 | 7.1 | 348 | 175 | 236 |
Note.—The Irish statistics of shell-fish are very incomplete, owing to the inadequate means at the disposal of the authorities for collecting statistics over large sections of the coast.
Table VIII.—Classified List of British Fishing Boats on the Register for 1905, omitting 2nd Class Steamers and Vessels under 18 Ft. Keel or Navigated by Oars only and Vessels unemployed.
| Mode of Fishing. | England and Wales. | Scotland. | Ireland. | ||||||
| Steamers. | Sailing. | Steamers. | Sailing. | Steamers. | Sailing. | ||||
| 1st Cl. | 1st Cl. | 2nd Cl. | 1st cl. | 1st Cl. | 2nd Cl. | 1st Cl. | 1st Cl. | 2nd Cl. | |
| Trawling | 1173 | 904 | 586 | 244 | .. | 68 | 10 | 142 | 283 |
| Drift-nets | 263 | 562 | 539 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Lines | 56 | 29 | 685 | 209 | 3403 | 2910 | .. | 229 | 2776 |
| Various | 21 | 215 | 2277 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 1513 | 1710 | 4087 | 453 | 3403 | 2978 | 10 | 371 | 3059 |