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THE quantity of sea fish landed in Eire during 1939 was larger than that landed in any year since 1931, and its value reached the highest figure since 1929 (Department of Agriculture (Fisheries Branch). Report on the Sea and Inland Fisheries for the Year 19S9. Dublin, Published by the Stationery Office). The increased landings in 1939 were due to heavier catches of demersal fish by the stream trawlers operating from Dublin, and of mackerel by inshore fishermen on the County of Kerry coast-line. The total catch of whiting in 1939 seems to be the highest recorded for the country, and landings of prime fish, cod and hake, were the heaviest for several years. The quantitative yield of the herring fisheries was less in 1939 than in 1938, but its total value was greater by £5,000. The decrease in quantity was due to the failure of the summer fishery of the north-west coast. The substantial increase in the mackerel landings was due to heavier catches in the autumn mackerel fishing off the south-west coast.
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Irish Fisheries. Nature 149, 30 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149030a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149030a0