of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



xiii 



East 

 Coast. 



Orkney 



and 

 Shetland. 



First Class — over 45 feet 



West 

 Coast. 



keel . 



. 1106 



202 



54 



Do. do. 30-45 



feet 







keel . 



. 204 



7 



119 



Second Class . 



. 908 



47 



1171 



Third Class . 



. 1115 



610 



1219 



Totals . . . 3333 866 2563 



The greater part of the decrease was due to boats being discarded 

 as no longer fit for use, but a considerable proportion of the decline 

 was caused by the adoption of motor power and, in the case of the 

 largest class, the substitution of steam vessels. During the year motor 

 power was installed in some 143 sailing boats already on the register 

 — 22 over 45 feet keel, 48 between 30 and 45 feet, 63 second class, and 

 10 third class. 



The following table shows the changes in the fleet of sailing boats 

 over 45 feet keel during the past 10 years : — 



Year. 



Number. 



Value. 



1904 



2,612 



£676,107 



1905 



2,540 



656,570 



1906 



2,455 



633,411 



1907 



2,279 



573,578 



1908 



2,102 



525,873 



1909 



1,960 



480,547 



1910 



1,808 



430,720 



1911 



1,632 



359,689 



1912 



1,495 



311,964 



1913 



1,362 



275,589 



This table may be contrasted with those on pages xiv and xvi show- 

 ing the increase in the number of steam vessels and motor boats, and 

 while the decrease shown above is more than counterbalanced by 

 the increase of steam and motor boats — with their higher catching 

 power — it is a matter for some regret that so many of these vessels 

 have been allowed to become useless or have been sold, at prices little 

 more than nominal, to other countries or for other purposes. 



IV. Steam Fishing Vessels (except Trawlers). 



From Appendix A, No. 1 (pp. 10-15) it will be observed that the 

 total number of steam fishing vessels (other than trawlers) engaged 

 in the Scottish fisheries during 1913 was 1,341, an increase of 109 over 

 the number in 1912. The total includes, however, some 450 English 

 vessels engaged in Scottish waters during the summer herring fishery 

 only, and 6 other vessels registered in England, so that the purely 

 Scottish fleet was 884, as against 824 in 1912, an increase of 60. 



In continuation of the return given in previous reports the following 

 table shows particulars of the Scottish steam fishing fleet during the 

 past 10 years : — 



