of the Fishery Board for Scotland. xxxv 



Unclassified Shell- fish. 



Unclassified shell-fish consist chiefly of cockles, shrimps, and 

 periwinkles. The total quantity obtained was 41,074 cwts., valued at 

 £11,260, as compared with 40,528 cwts. and £10,474 in 1912. 



SuMMAEY Showing Catch and Value of Shell-fish during 

 PAST Ten Years. — The following table shows the quantity and value 

 of the different kinds of shell-fish landed in Scotland since 1904, 

 inclusive : — 





Oysters. 



Mussels. 



Clams. 



Year. 



lOO's. 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



1904 

 1905 



v.m 



1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



2,501 

 2,180 

 3,896 

 10,203 

 9,424 

 12,270 

 8,771 

 11,540 

 13,278 

 13,161 



937 

 865 

 1,568 

 3,456 

 3,411 

 4,414 

 3,473 

 4,075 

 4,669 

 4,757 



7/6 

 7/11 



8/ 



6/9 



7/3 



7/2 



7/11 



7/1 



V 



7/3 



92,142 

 102,927 

 128,486 

 126,453 

 121,161 

 109,529 



98,817 

 103,217 



99,754 



78,541 



6,046 

 6,065 

 7,222 

 6.334 

 5,529 

 4,881 

 4,476 

 5,066 

 5,334 

 4,368 



1/2 



1/4 



1/2 



1/2 

 /U 

 /II 

 /II 



V 



1/1 



1/1 



6,993 

 7,848 

 7,391 

 7,197 

 8,633 

 7,404 

 9,947 

 10,261 

 8,300 

 6,853 



944 

 1,129 

 1,083 



953 

 1,264 

 1,143 

 1,501 

 1,536 

 1,236 

 1,024 



2/8 



2/10 



2/11 



2/8 



2/11 



3/1 



3/ 

 3/ 

 3/ 

 3/ 





Lobsters. 



Crabs. 



Unclassified Shell-fish. 



Total 

 Value. 



Year. 



lOO's. 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



lOO's 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



£ 



1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



7,964 

 7,603 

 7,316 

 7,149 

 6,890 

 7,122 

 6,977 

 6,420 

 6,466 

 6,812 



38,323 

 36,317 

 35,957 

 34,950 

 33,748 

 33,857 

 34,795 

 32,101 

 32,177 

 3.'),775 



96/3 



95/6 



98/4 



97/9 



98/ 



95/1 



99/9 



100/ 



99/6 



108/ 



23,993 

 19,903 

 20,916 

 22,176 

 27,367 

 26,346 

 22,071 

 23,573 

 21,361 

 22,139 



14,540 

 11,675 

 13,182 

 13,774 

 16,515 

 15,582 

 13,831 

 14.650 

 13,704 

 14,170 



12/1 



11/9 



12/7 



12/5 



12/1 



11/10 



12/6 



12/5 



12/10 



12/10 



57,031 

 53,220 

 45,594 

 44,749 

 49,263 

 45,726 

 46,540 

 40,644 

 40.528 

 41,074 



16,010 

 14,611 

 13,310 

 12,737 

 13,595 

 12,515 

 11,684 

 9,927 

 10,474 

 11,260 



5/7 



5/6 



5/10 



5/8 



5/6 



5/6 



5/ 



4/11 



5/2 

 5/6 



76,800 

 70,662 

 72,322 

 72,204 

 74,062 

 72,392 

 69,760 

 67,355 

 67,594 

 72,354 



Operations of Scottish Fishermen at English and Irish 

 Herring Fishings. 



The number of vessels which proceeded to the English herring fishing 

 was 1163, as compared with 1099 in 1912, the fleet being composed of 

 854 steamers, 100 motor boats, and 209 sailing boats, as compared with 

 797 steamers, 71 motor, and 231 sailing boats in the preceding year, 

 so that from the standpoint of effectiveness, the fleet relatively to 

 that of 1912 was much stronger than is indicated by the mere accession 

 of numbers. Year by year the tendency is for sailing boats to drop out 

 of this fishing, the reason being found in the crowded state of the East 

 Anglian ports, which renders some form of mechanical power almost 

 essential in manceuvring to enter and leave harbour. The Irish fishing 

 did not, however, attract so many fishermen as in 1912, only 159 

 vessels having worked in Irish waters, as compared with 258 in the 



