Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part one. The field of primary production

Collection:: Economics Books

Fisheries 107 FISHERIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES The fisheries of the United States are more valuable than those of any other country. Those of the British Isles, Russia, Japan, France, Canada, Portugal, China, and Norway are also important. The cool shallow waters surrounding the British Isles, especially the North Sea, are ideal for the same kind of fish that are found along our Atlantic coast. Hence a great many people in Great Britain find fishing a profitable occupation. Russia’s prominence in fishing depends partly on the many rivers, lakes, and inland seas of that country. There, as in many other countries, fish are so cheap in some regions that they form an important part of the diet of the poor. Japan has a favorable position similar to that of the British Isles in relation to shallow water. Fish are especially important to the peo- ple in Japan, where meat is very scarce. QUESTIONS, EXERCISES, AND PROBLEMS A. The fish harvest. 1 The North Sea is one of the best fishing grounds in the world. From its waters Scotland alone takes 135 pounds of food annually for each of her citizens. What other countries in the list given below are well situated to share this ocean harvest? It has been said that the fishermen of Brittany knew the Newfoundland coast long before Columbus discovered America. Do you think this possible? Why? Why do countries with important fisheries usually have large merchant marines and large navies? The National Geographic Magazine for July, 1921, contains a good article on the Grand Banks, with excellent pictures. Let some member of the class be appointed to bring in a copy and to give a short abstract of the article. 2. B. The consumption of fish. APPROXIMATE CatcH oF FisH PER PERSON Alaska (1928) . . Newfoundland “~~~ 7 Scotland 192° Canada (°" Netherlands 2,500 pounds "10 pounds " pounds sounds 2 vounds Japan (1918). . . . . England and Wales (1928 reland 77° "mite © (Ferman- "3 pounds * pounds "* nounds mounds pounds l The Faeroe Islands resemble Alaska and Newfoundland in producing vastly more fish than the people can possibly consume. Explain why this is so and what becomes of the fish.

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