The following shows the distribution and preparation of the fish caught:
Sold ony Io. Despatched Abroad Preserved
al market Home In oil in salt
Kilograms Kilograms
328.564 187.847 21.925 433 24.100
838.452 62.892 243.629 58.375 285.948
465.528 191.280 11.867 144.473 308.957
318.297 155.667 96.785 7.563 190.280
179.462 52.482 — 12.860 91.925
2,129.803 650.068 373.506 223.704 901.120
Susak ........
Sibenik .... ...
Dubrovnik Bon wi GER Ene warns
Meljine ...
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360.019 206.754 114.580 — 1.673
506.762 178.803 107.201 10.400 66.493
521.361 132.019 99.564 113.587 457.735
346.226 89.564 86.352 21.714 208.126
cee. 190.882 37.908 — 125.290 3.851
Total ............ 2,025.250 645.046 407.697 170.991 737.878
The following is a general survey of the economic position of the sea fisheries
of the Kingdom.
Year Capital No of No of Fish Average Daily
invested fishers working caught catch production
Dinars employed days Kgs daily per man
1925 60,254.266 10.337 237 4,278.201 35,833.94 18.052 14.62
1926 55,033.340 10.151 220 3.986.862 35,355.136 18.122 15.83
It is interesting to compare the export of sea fish with the total export of fish from
the Kingdom. The official statistics for the year 1925 give the comparison as follows
Total export of fish Export of sea fish
3,188.585 kgs, 22,641.647 dins. 407.697 kgs, 3.261.576 dins.
The output of sponges in the last two years was as follows:
Year Number Value in dinars
1926... ... 167.095 434.215
1925 ...... ... 280.000 483.000
The Coral output during the same vears was -
1926 .....
1925
Kgs
114 46.250
50 128.000
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