oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



25 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



[ No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



& 



£ 



- 







Crab creels. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



97 



24 



1,154 



Crabs. 





Crab fishing is almost the sole source of in- 

 come. Returns show an increase of nearly 

 £300. 



Creels, lines, 

 and nets. 





2,626 



1,676 



1,865 



Crabs, codlings, 

 and haddocks. 



1 



The principal earnings are from crabs and 

 lobsters. The other fisheries are not now 

 of much importance. 



Lines and 

 creels. 





948 



634 



502 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 shell-fish. 





Only a few crews are employed at fishing, 

 and the catches are usually small, but 

 comparatively, this was one of their most 

 successful years. 



Nets, lines, 

 and 



dredges. 



Firth of Forth 

 and off the 

 Maj' Island. 



14,010 



11,072 



1,021 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, plaice, 

 and clams. 





These villages have an industrious population 

 of fishermen, who engage in the herring 

 fishings at the principal Scottish and 

 English centres. They were very success- 

 ful this year. The home fisheries were 

 actively carried on in spring and winter, 

 and were rather more productive than 

 usual. Motors have been put into many 

 of the large and small boats. 



Lines. 



Lines and 

 nets. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



111 

 1,311 



98 

 819 



14 







Fishings unimportant. 



Principal income obtained from the herring 

 fishing at the Scottish and English centres. 



Mussel 

 dredges. 



Foreshores. 







214 





4 



Small quantities of mussels and clams landed 

 here. 



Trawl, drift, 

 seine, and 

 other nets, 

 also lines. 



In the Firth 

 of Forth. 



12,346 



7,709 



177 





1 



Fishing for herrings in the Firth of Forth is 

 the principal pursuit. The catch was 

 greater this year than last. The herrings 

 realised higher prices than ever before, 

 and the earnings in this branch totalled 

 about £4000. The line fisheries were not 

 productive, and the sprat fishing again 

 failed. 



Otter 

 trawls. 



All through 

 the North 

 Sea. 



307,947 



190,820 



211 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, w h i t- 

 ings, soles, 

 plaice, etc. 





Trawling centre. Fleet decreased by 9 

 vessels. Aggregate catch less by 12,303 

 cwts. ; but earnings greater by £12,299. 

 The industry is going on prosperously, 

 and several additions were being made to 

 the fieet at the close of the year. 



Bag- nets. 



Upper reaches 

 of Firth of 

 Forth. 



487 



1,894 

 1,720 



141 



1,292 

 690 





Sprats, and 

 sparlings. 





Bag-net fishing for sprats and sparlings 

 chiefly. Sprat fishing again a failure. 



Lines. 



Foreshores. 



79 



35 



4 



Codlings. 





Fisheries unimportant. 



Gathering 

 whelks. 

 Nets. 





501 



227 



48 



Whelks. 

 Herrings. 







Lines and 

 nets. 





421 

 694 

 419 



245 

 406 

 204 



6 



Codlings. 



Codlings and 

 herrings. 











761 



457 



73 



Codlings and 

 plaice. 











346,372 



216,-549 



5,289 



6 

















