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Title: The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof : a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries : with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Faber, George Louis
Subjects: Fisheries -- Austria Fisheries -- Adriatic Sea
Publisher: London : B. Quaritch
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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d to gain—37 soldi for the crew.20 „ for the boat.• 19 ,, for the owners of the valli in which they are allowedto fish.76 soldi per day for 1 boat, or 76 florins per day for 100 boats, or, per annum, = florins 27,740 Carried forward florins 749,045 56 THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, Brought forward florins 749,045200 Boats, with a total crew of 300—30 soldi for the crew. 20 for the boat. 50 soldi for 1 boat, or 100 florins per day for 200 boats, or, per annum, = florins 36,500 Total florins 785,545Profit on wholesale sale of fish, 5 per cent. ... ... ... 41,344 Ditto on retail sale of fish, 15 per cent. ... ... ... 145,921 Fish consumed by fishermen on board, say 5,000 @ 5 cents for 300 daysGratuities 75>ooo 2,190 Total florins 1,050,000 Tonnage of Craft. 41 Tartani532 Bragozzi and Bragozzetti 626 Battelli 300 Battelletti Total 1,499 Tonnage.1,106 3.764 1.743 600 7.213 5,000 Fishermen. Capital invested. 41 Tartane @ fl. 4,500 Gear ... @ „ 1,000 Florins. fl. 5,500 = 225,500
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AND THE FISH THEREOF. 57 532 BragozziGear ... 626 BattelliGear .., 300 BattellettiGear ... Brought forward@ fl. 1,200 120 fl. 1,320 @fl. @ » 400 350 fl. 750 @fl. @ „ IOO 17* fl. H7i Florins.225,500 = 702,240 = 469.500 35.250 Total florins 1,432,490 Thus, we obtain a maximum of 203, and a minimum of 69 florins perman for the season, both of which estimates I am led to consider understatedfor reasons given elsewhere. In any case the official estimate, which puts the share at 130 florins, mustbe considered the lowest possible figure; exceptionally bad seasons mayaccount for lower estimates, but, on an average, I should be inclined to put itat double that amount, and, in some instances, it will be seen that it reachesa still higher figure.1 On comparing, for instance, the official statistics for the last five years,we find that the shares of 18 Italian boats fishing in the Zara waters realised10,136 florins per boat, and 1,382 florins for each man of the crew. The season in which the I

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