SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



I.— REPORT ON AN ENQUIRY INTO THE HERRING 

 FISHERIES OF THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. 



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

 Wbmyss Fulton, Scientific Superintendent. 



(Plates I.-XII.) 



T. 



CONTENTS. 



The Methods of Fishing, 



The Fluctuations from Year to Year, 



The Detailed Statistics : — . 



Rothesay District, 



Greenock District, 



Ballantrae District, 



Campbeltown District, . 



Inveraray District, 



Campbeltown and luvei'aray Districts combined, 



The Clyde Area, .... 



The Influence of the Moon on the Catch of Herrings, 

 Tables : — 



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, ...... 



II. Showing the Number of Boats, whether 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 Bo3's by whom the said 

 Boats were manned, together with the Number of 

 Fish-curers, and the Total Number of Persons 

 employed in each year 1825-1906, 



III. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total 



Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured, and the Esti- 

 mated Total of the Number of Barrels of Herrings 

 which were not Cured, in the years 1843-1857, 



IV. Showing the Number of Barrels of Herrings actually 



Caught within the limits of the various Districts in 

 the Firth of Clyde, irrespective of the place of land- 

 ing, in the years 1863-1887, . . . . 

 V. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total 

 Quantity and Value of Herrings sold Fresh in the 

 years 1 88 i- 1888, and the Total Quantity and Value 

 of Herrings landed, whether sold Fresh or Cured, 

 in the years 1889-1906, . . . . 



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