280 A HISTORY OF THE WHALE FISHERIES 



forty feet in length, or whales accompanied by a 

 calf. 



Many of these recommendations were embodied 

 in the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act of 1907, 

 which empowered the Scottish Fishery Board to 

 exercise a general control over the industry. 



Whaling is only allowed under licence from the 

 Board ; the conditions under which the industry may 

 be carried on are prescribed, as are the penalties 

 to be imposed for infringements of the regulations. 

 The Board are also authorised to collect statistics 

 of the industry. 



In 1919 the Scottish Fishery Board appointed 

 another Committee to inquire into the Scottish 

 Whaling Industry. This Committee reported 

 early in 1920, and recommended that, having 

 regard to the practically unanimous belief of the 

 fishing industry, and the inhabitants of Shetland 

 generally, concurred in by the fishing and curing 

 interests of both Scotland and England as to the 

 injurious effects of whaling operations, such 

 operations from stations in Shetland should now 

 be prohibited; and they further recommended that 

 the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act of 1907 should 

 be amended, so as to exclude whaling from 

 Shetland. 



In 1920 there were three whaling stations at work 

 in Scotland, at Bunaveneadar in the Island of 

 Harris, at Olna Firth and Colla Firth in the 

 Shetlands. There was one whaling station in 

 Ireland, at Elly Harbour in County Mayo. All 



