24 THE HERRING FISHERIES. 



400 crans, highest price 5 2if> 



37*- &/. 

 38*. 

 33-f- 

 45*. 



Total catch for the week . 2,714 



Total catch for the season, 8866 crans, or about 1650 

 crans above the quantity landed at the corresponding date 

 of last year. 



Now this is very satisfactory, and reads all the more 

 favourably when stormy weather is taken into account. 



CLOSE of the HERRING FISHING at ANSTRUTHER, May 1882, and 

 COMPARATIVE TABLES for the SAME DISTRICT. 



Crans. Crans. 



1873 . . 9,800 1878 . . 10,500 



1874 . . 20,000 1879 . . 2,160 



1875 . . 8,700 I880 . . 8,630 



1876 . . 5,640 1881 . . 16,950 



1877 . . 2,500 1882 . . 13,380 



There were nearly 1500 boats at this district in 1882, 

 and, in consequence of competition among English buyers, 

 the prices averaged 4is. per cran. The inshore grounds 

 are proving more remunerative than on former occasions, 

 and the quality superior. 



Taking the winter fishery as a whole, in the upper parts 

 of the Firth of Forth and northern districts they are very 

 good, except for this year (1883) at Wick, which is the 

 worst season they have yet dealt with. 



The take of sprats from Firth of Forth in 1881 amounted 

 to 13,110 crans, valued at ,2786; in 1880 the take was 

 14,500 crans, and only realised 2175. 



The chief centre for the sprat or Garvie fishery is in the 

 Beauly Firth, and extremely heavy catches were taken in 



