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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



Scoresby, statement by, as to extreme 



length of Greenland whale, i., 492 

 Scorpion fishes, i., 94 ; ii., 478 

 Scotch fish-wives, ii., 196, 197 

 Scotch fisher-folk, history of, ii., 195 

 Scotch fisheries, right of fishing in tidal 

 part of navigable rivers, i., 210; sal- 

 mon and trout fishing, regulations as 

 to, i., 211, 235 ; salmon fishings only 

 capable of belonging to subjects, by 

 crown grants, i., 211 ; ii., 311 ; Sal- 

 mon Fisheries Acts of 1862, i., 235 ; 

 District Fishery Boards, their mode of 

 election and functions, i., 235 ; Law 

 of Salmon Fisheries, i., 235 ; ii., 

 310, 311 ; appointment of an In- 

 spector authorised by a recent Act, 

 i., 237 ; common rights with regard 

 to "white fishing," i., 240; herring 

 branding, i., 241 ; statutes relating 

 to herring fisheries, i., 241 ; method 

 of using the seine-net, i., 290; capital 

 invested in herring fishery, ii., 215; 

 number of anglers in Scotland, ii., 

 285 ; licences for net fishing for sal- 

 mon not necessary, ii. , 285 ; effects of 

 protection on salmon fisheries, ii., 

 285 ; stake nets, arguments in their 

 favour, ii., 306 ; their suppression, ii., 

 310; weekly close time or "Saturday's 

 slap," ii., 310; foreshore fishing, ex- 

 istence of a private right in, ii., 310; 

 provision for free passage of salmon 

 through cruives or damdykes, ii., 31 1 ; 

 extent of the facilities which exist 

 for angling, ii., 375, J number of men 

 and boys engaged in fishing, iv., 29, 

 42, 59 ; quantity of fish captured for 

 each life (of fishermen) lost in a year, 

 iv., 47 ; herring fishery increase of, 

 iv., 89 ; seine-net fishing, attempt to 

 put a stop to it in Scotland, iv., 

 101 ; injurious effect of high rail- 

 way rates upon supply of fish to 

 home markets, iv., 123, 124 ; ques- 

 tion of State patronage, iv., 129, 

 132, 142 ; export of Scotch herrings 

 to Germany, iv., 147; division of 

 profits in the herring fishery, iv., 

 163 ; spawning herring fisheries, v., 

 285 ; Scotch salmon sent to London 



markets in recent years, vi., 8 ; 

 annual value of herring fishing, vi., 

 73 ; Fishery Acts, vi., 159, 171, 190 ; 

 value of salmon fisheries, vi., 149, 159, 

 201 ; sea coast fisheries, vi., 149 ; close 

 times for salmon, vi., 160; poach- 

 ing vi., 162 ; management of salmon 

 fisheries, vi., 163 ; amount drawn for 

 crown leases of salmon fisheries, vi., 

 204 ; gradual decay of lobster fisheries, 

 vi. , 328 ; use of steam herring boats, 

 vii., 129, 146; suggestions as to 

 teaching of Irish fishermen, by taking 

 them as pilots on Irish coast, vii., 

 138 ; railway rates from north of 

 Scotland to London, vii., 227 ; 

 average take of herrings, viii., 276 ; 

 number of persons employed in that 

 fishery, viii., 277 ; value of gear used 

 in herring fishery, viii., 278; use of 

 cotton nets, viii., 278; various fish- 

 eries prosecuted on east coast, viii., 

 333; xi., 183-224; boats used, viii., 

 333 ; fisheries generally worked on ' 

 the co-operative principle, viii., 334 ; 

 steam trawling, viii., 334 ; range of 

 fisheries, viii., 334; west coast fish- 

 eries, viii., 340; boats employed, 

 viii., 340 ; co-operative principle 

 general, viii., 340; mode of fishing 

 adopted, viii., 340 ; statistics showing 

 value, number of vessels and men 

 employed,. &c., viii., 378; salmon 

 fisheries, statistics, viii., 556; value 

 of herring fishery in 1880, ix., 21 



Scotch District Fisheries Boards, consti- 

 tution of, vi., 1 68 



Scotch Fisheries Improvement Associa- 

 tion, report on condition of Scotch 

 salmon fisheries, vi., 164; viii., 557 ; 

 establishment of the Association, vi. , 

 167 



Scotch Fishery Board, establishment 

 of, i., 236; powers of, i., 242; xi., 

 1 08 ; statistics and other information 

 supplied by Board, ii., 242 ; vi., 72, 

 8 1 ; suggestion as to Board collecting 

 money for a fishermen's provident 

 fund, ii., 274 



Scotch (east coast) herring fishery 

 period of the year during which the 



