ABERDEEN TRAWLING STATISTICS 



For 1913. 



There are here presented, for the year 1913, the detailed returns of 

 the Aberdeen trawhng fleet, such as have hitherto been published, 

 for the years 1902-1912, in the special Reports of the Board's North 

 Sea Investigations. These returns are of two kinds. 



In the first, and briefer, series of Tables is shown the catch of the 

 entire trawling fleet, both British and foreign vessels, landing at 

 Aberdeen. The British landings were 11,499 in number, the foreign 

 592, making a total of 12,091. For these voyages there are recorded 

 the number of days that the vessel was absent from port, the gross 

 earnings, and the quantity of fish landed of each kind and market 

 class. These are further classified according to the place of fishing 

 into the following regions : — 



(1) Northern grounds, including areas VI.-XVI. 



(2) East Coast grounds, including areas XVII., XXII., XXIII., 



XXVIIL, XXIX. 



(3) Middle grounds, including areas XVIII.-XXI., XXIV., 



XXV., XXX. 



(4) South-eastern grounds, including areas XXVI., XXVII., 



XXXI.-XL. 



(5) Various North Sea grounds, including catches made up 



from more than one of the above regions. 



(6) Western grounds, off the north-west and west coasts of 



Scotland. 



(7) Faroe and Iceland. 



(8) Mixed gTounds, to include catches made partly in the 



North Sea and partly on the western or northern fishing 

 grounds. 



(9) And lastly, the White Sea, Norwegian Coast (north of 62° 



N.), and other distant fishing-grounds. 



Our first series of Tables, then, show (p. 30) for these larger 

 areas — 



1. The total number of voyages during the year, the total 



catch of each land and class of fish, and the gross earnings 

 of the entire Aberdeen trawling fleet. 



2. The average catch and average earnings per voyage. 



3. The average catch and earnings per day's absence from port. 



4. The percentage yielded, by each of the above fishing- 



grounds, of the entire catch, and of each class of fish. 



The second series of Tables (pp. 34-70) are based on a smaller 

 number of voyages, in regard to which is received, by the Idndness of 



