CONTENTS. 



i-AGE 

 (tKNKKAL iSTATEMENT, - - - - . - - -5 



The Hatching and Re.iiing uf Plaice, - - - - (3 

 Scientific and Technical Instruction to Fishermen, - - 7 

 Investigations on the Herring Fisheries in the Firth of Clyde, - 8 

 The Food Value of the Herring, - - - - 10 

 The Food of the Hei'ring, - - - - -11 

 The 8])awning, Growth, and Movement of the Mussel, Horse- 

 mussel, and the Spout-fish, - - - - - 12 

 The Invertebrate Fauna, ------ 12 



SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



I. Rep<jrt of an Enquiry into the. Herring Fisheries of the Firth 

 of Clyde. Part I.— The Statistics of the Fisheries. By 

 Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., Scientific Superintendent, 



(Plates I. -XII.) ...... 13 



Till' Methods of Fishing, ------ 15 



The Fluctuations from Year to Year, - - - - 23 



The Detailed Statistics :— - - - - - - 29 



Rothesay District, - - ... - - .31 

 Greenock District, - - - - - -40 



Ballantrae District, ------ 40 



Campbeltown District, - - - - -02 



Inveraray District, ------ 7<> 



Cam})beltown and Inveraray Districts combined, - - 92 



The Clyde Area, - - - - - - 94 



'I'he Influence of the Moon on the Catch of Herrings, - - 98 



Talbes . — 



I. Showing the Total Number of Vessels, including their repeated 

 Voyages, entered Inwards from the Fishery, with the 

 Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board ; also the 

 Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Shore, and the 

 Total Number Cured, in the Firth of Clyde Districts, in 

 each year 1809-1906, . . - . - 100 



n. Showing the Number of Boats, wliether decked or undecked, 

 employed in the Firth of Clyde Districts in the Shore- 

 curing Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the 

 Number of Men and Boys by whom the said Boats were 

 manned, together with the Number of Fish-curers, and tlie 

 Total Number of Persons employed, in each year 182.^-1900. 104 



