14 Fishery Board for Scotland. 
TABLE IX. 
Number of Voyages to Area XIV. (Fair Isle, &.). 
PS res 
3 is = | Ba] cas e = th ae 43 > 3 | Total 
Sa) tee I a ae Sh SaaS | cael tee ra ee alia 
1902 | )-iliglioia)) 25a) yd) 8 | Sash re eies.6)) balan ee 
1903 - =) 14 2| 16 3 U5) OS Tali lS |e Ga eel 
1904 - = lO aS S20 1; —/; — 8 | ~50)| 35") 80" 46nme2ia 
1905 - -| 20} 37] 35 1 AU) 2120) 354 9240) 1h SON da Sas east aa ees he 
1906 - Sel dalle eAdleg|s coll: 4; — 2} 22) 121] 81) 161 | 107 | 109} 696 
1907 - | 18h) ih (ue tet) 6| —| 36) 80; 34; 58; 52) 59} 70| 644 
1908 - = EL 80) 1 132 8 16h) Ba OA 75 F483 aye a ose 
1909 - -| 20} 48) 6 1) Z| 1 881), 84.) 505). 845)" (20), va laa en 
1910 - OZ vole ie T° 28 40) 49) 477) 49") 66 1 36h oon aon 
1911 - - | 23] 30 7 2) 12) 377] 117 |) 67) 159 | 189) | 9 71 ee 678 
1912 - -| 81] 73] 27}; —]| 10} 10} 20} 10) 16| 29) 81), 23), 280 
Mean - | 32°6 | 40°8 | 24-5) 2°5| 8:3} 19:1 | 31:9) 43-4 | 49-9 | 61°3 | 62°5 | 85-4 | 412°2 
36°3 | 22°6 | 22°6 | 11°S8 | 10:0 | 19°8 | 31°5 | 41-7 | 51°5 | 57-9 | 58-1 | 43°5 
(Smoothed) 
Here it is seen that in both Areas XV. and XIX., that is to say, 
Bressay and the Witch ground, “the fishing season ‘is a short one, 
and is concentrated in the winter months, with a maximum in 
January and December. At Bressay the fishing falls in summer- 
time to nothing, but on the Witch ground there is a slight return of 
activity between May and July. 
In both cases the curves which result from my 11-year averages 
are very smooth, and, if allowance be made for the shortness of the 
month of February, they have no perceptible irregularities. 
In the Hair Isle area (XIV.) the conditions are obviously different. 
Here there is a minimum, or practically an absence of fishing in 
April; but thereafter the fishing steadily increases throughout the 
summer, culminates in October and November, and then falls 
rapidly until April. 
OU ete aN AN We ee NE ee Oe et ee 
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Fic. 3. Mean number of voyages in each month by Aberdeen trawlers to 
Areas XIV., XV., XIX., 1902-1912. 
