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Herrings, viz. 5,375,225 cwts. = £1,3852,421, yet there was an 
increase both in quantity and value of white fishes. This total 
catch was obtained by 310 fewer vessels, and 102 fewer men on 
board. 
In 1906 the liners caught 601,033 cwts. of round fishes, a 
decrease on 1905 of 18,161 cwts., but an increase in value of 
£7390. It is interesting that the line-catch of Haddocks brought 
nearly £17,000 more than in 1905. As bearing on the question 
of steady perseverance at a particular branch of fishing, it is 
noteworthy that the liners had a decrease of nearly 21,000 cwits. 
of Cod, and nearly £2000 as compared with 1905, the fishermen 
of the Kast Coast preferring to follow the Herring rather than 
the Cod. Thus the variable energy as well as the vicissitudes 
of weather have an influence on the captures of sea-fishes. 
The trawlers captured 1,683,335 cwts. of round fishes, an 
increase of 20,089 cwts., but a decrease in value of £7142. Of 
Haddocks alone 100,000 cwts. more were caught than last year, 
but the value was £24,000 less. The Board states that the 
warm weather and the landing of large quantities of small 
Icelandic Haddocks reduced prices to an exceptionally low level. 
There was an increased catch and value of Cod. 
Of flat fishes 46,431 cwts. were caught by the liners in 1906, 
the smallest catch in the decade. It is 64,610 cwts. less than in 
1905, and so sudden a decrease shows that it is due to other 
causes than diminution of fishes. Whilst the reduction in 
quantity is thus great, it is satisfactory to find that the value 
was reduced only by £13,317, this being due to the enhanced 
price of 25s. 8d. instead of 13s. 2d. in 1905. 
137,496 cwts. of flat fishes were landed by the trawlers, and 
though the amount was less by 39,976 cwts., the value was 
£3824 over that of the previous year, the price per cwt. having 
been 32s. instead of 24s. 1d. 
The total catch of Plaice by liners and trawlers was 
58,830 cwts., valued at £80,251, so that, contrary to the views 
of some, it is a fish of considerable importance in Scotland. The 
catch was 2581 cwts. and £3183 over that of the previous year. 
Lemon-dabs showed an increase of 6 per cent. in weight and 
19 per cent. in value over 1905. Turbot still presented a 
diminution both in weight and value. 
