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3.—FISHERIES.
Catch of Fi»h
N u m b e r of boats
and persons
engaged iu fishing
General Information regarding
the industry and the possibilities
of its Development
Kind of Fish
Quantity
Landeil
value
Number of boats
engntred in fishing
Mullet. Red and
Grey
Bass
Bream ...
Goby
Blackfish
Gurnard
Bonito ...
Cuttle Fish ...
Eels
Skate
Tunny ...
i
i
!
1
r 66 tons a
1
i*
Sponges ... | 4^291 lbs.
Total
£8,000 a
£2,298
.S10.29X
109 (including 3
sponge boats, j
Number of persons
engaged in ashing
British Cvuriots 204
T*)
Foreigners
—
In the s«a around Cyprus there are plenty of
fish but unfortunately the Cypriot is not a fisher–
man, few of them will go out except in the Very
best of weather and in consequence the supply of
fish is not equal to the demand. The number of
boats hafe certafhiy increased oflate yews but there
is still plenty of room for improvement. Possibly
the employment of a drifter or trawler might
lead to the development of this most im–
portant industry and an increase in production of
a very valuable article of diet.
The sponge fishing has since tiie year 1903 been
entirely uuder the control of the Government.
Thefishingiu tiie past was principally carried on
by men from the Greek Islands who arrived in the
Island in the spring ami ashed through the summer,
ureas being allotted to theru by the Iu-*pe*.*tor of
Fisheries on paymeut of :tfishing
2 0 or 2S
per cent, of the *;acch 'Jn kind) being also paid co
Government.
T
mis :—
j Naked diving and Harpoons ... 20 per cent.
I Machine 'living ttpparati-s ... -5 „
It is not anticipated that many will come in future
is they now prefer other places.
In 1922 eight boatsfishedfor sponges from M a y
. tc October: 3 Cyprus Harpoon Boats and 3
1 Harpoon Boats ano 2 Machine I.oacs from the
j Greek islands; the total catch i>ingt.4*l
okss
jgood sponges and l U.. okes skar-cu*. the Govern-
! meut share was ^JU-S-^j-j okes iOod a::d 25
T
"\j°«
O K e s
| skarta.
a. These figures are estimates. N o reliable returns are kept.
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