of the Fishery Board for Scotland. ix 

 And all other methods as follows : — • 





Other Methods. 





Year. , 



uaucii. 



Value. 





Cwts. 



£ 



1900 . 



. 757,000 



371,000 



1901 . 



. 696,000 



341,000 



1902 . 



. 608,700 



318,300 



1903 . 



. 602,600 



315,900 



1904 . 



. 753,700 



361,200 



1905 . 



. 735,654 



348,610 



1906 . 



. 688,057 



349,521 



1907 . 



. 635,601 



349,041 



1908 . 



. 824,684 



379,079 



1909 . 



. 810,519 



352,552 



1910 . 



. 866,567 



388,363 



1911 . 



. 952,208 



426,719 



1912 . 



. 939,107 



434,187 



1913 . 



. 754,309 



400,626 



Persons Employed. 



The number of persons employed in the fisheries of Scotland and 

 the various industries subsidiary thereto in the year 1913 was 90,710. 

 Of these, 38,262 manned the fishing fleet, 16,269 were gutters and 

 packers of herrings, 14,560 were engaged in the carrying trade, and 

 the remainder were engaged in other operations connected with the 

 fishing industry. 



Intelligence. 



The Board's system of official telegraphic information between 

 ports at which a herring fishing is in progress was begun in a tentative 

 way in the year 1895, when 3800 telegrams were first issued. Last 

 year the number of telegrams amounted to 6014. 



The telegrams are despatched daily at noon by the Board's Fishery 

 Officers from their own ports to every other port in Scotland at 

 which a herring fishing is then going on, and in the event of addi- 

 tional information of value becoming known later in the day a second 

 telegram is despatched. Upon receipt they are exhibited publicly 

 at the fishmarkets and other public places, where they can readily 

 be seen by all concerned. 



The points on which the telegrams give information are (1) number 

 of arrivals of herring boats, (2) average catch per boat, (3) quality of 

 the fish, (4) range of prices, (5) position of chief fishing grounds, and 

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