FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURE
Category: EconomyThe Fisheries. In round figures the fisheries of theUnited Kingdom employ about 65,000 men. The annual catch is about a million tons, and the fishing fleet numbers over 12,000 vessels.Britain’s share is about 5 per cent of the world’s total production of sea-fish. On the other hand, the inland and freshwater fisheries are comparatively unimportant, […]