THE HELMSDALE 



229 



Year. 



1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 



Net and Coble 



Fishing at 

 River Mouth. 



Bag Nets, 

 Helmsdale and 

 Brora Coasts. 



Rod Fishing 

 Results. 



1099 

 1549 

 2179 

 1047 

 1630 

 1822 

 3813 

 1577 

 3313 

 1891 

 1694 

 4733 

 2904 

 1472 



616 



779 >av.2557 - 

 2878 

 2935 

 4693 

 3824 

 4644 

 4535 

 3314 

 3119 

 1460 

 1863 

 3488 



2578 

 2212 

 4619 

 17167 



820 



348 



342 



3688^ 



2 lav. 6092 



4454 j 

 8658; 



about 600 

 about 500 

 about 1600 

 about 1650 

 507 



Badanloch Dam completed 



av. 971 



av. 620 



667 



307 



837 



752 



540 

 1138^ 



999 



1325 }- av. 1217 

 1304 

 1321J 



The reduction in the stock of fish in the river in 1899 should be 

 specially noticed. The combined results of both net and coble and 

 rods is only 649 fish, while the bag nets have 8658. The combina- 

 tion of the two forms of netting is too great for the Helmsdale. 

 No doubt the bag netting result shows more than Helmsdale fish, 

 since the nets were set along the coast to the Brora estuary, and 

 I have been informed that the Kintradwell net which is nearer 

 the Brora than the Helmsdale took the greatest number of fish. 



