No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



27 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing^ 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel- 

 gathering, 



Mussel- 

 dredging. 



Bag nets. 



Firth of 

 Forth. 



Firth of Forth 

 and North 

 Sea gener- 

 ally. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles off. 



Along the 

 coast. 



St. Andrews 

 Bay to Bell 

 Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tav. 



Cwts. 

 1,299 



158 

 2,782 



392 

 13,383 



,696 



2,240 



58 

 1,046 



r5,786 



1,012 



83 

 1,894 



224 

 ,081 



5,628 

 16,032 



2,262 



2 



1,500 



15 



371 

 35,104 



Haddock, cod- 

 ling, and her- 

 ring. 



Codling and 

 plaice. 



Codling, had- 

 dock, plaice, 

 and herring-. 



Herrings. 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



Herrings, cod- 

 ling, and had- 

 dock. 



164 I Herrings and 

 cod. 



2,181 



535 

 116 



761 



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Herrings, cod- 

 lings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Plaice and cod- 

 ling. 



Mussels. 

 Mussels. 



Sparlings and 

 flounders. 



Continues to decline as a fishing station. 



Catch of all kinds of fish shows a falling 



off. Only four large boats fitted out for 



herring fishing. 

 Slight increase in catch. Very little fishing 



carried on. 



Decrease in total catch. Increase in herrings 

 and plaice, but a considerable falling off 

 in haddocks and codlings. 



Increase in catch, principally in herrings. 



Large falling off in catch, chieflj- in herrings. 

 Winter herring catch little more than 

 half that of 1912. Two steam drifters 

 added to the fleet, and a number of sail 

 boats fitted with motor power. 



A number of small boats fitted with motors 

 for the prosecution of small-line fishing. 

 Substantial increase in line fish, decrease 

 in herrings. 



Considerable falling off in catch, principally 

 in herrings, owing to less successful 

 winter herring fishing. Prices higher, and 

 value of catch only slightly less than in 

 1912. 



Increase in herrings, decrease in codlings and 

 haddocks. Lobster fishing received more 

 attention, and the catch shows a consider- 

 able increase. One small boat fitted with 

 motor. 



Lobster and crab fishing only carried on. 



Slight increase in catch. 

 Large falling off in catch. The codling and 



plaice net fishings were unsuccessful. 



Gradually getting less important as a 



fishing station. 

 Increase in quantity of mussels dispatched. 



Decrease. Most of the mussels dredged by 

 the Tayport fishermen are landed at 

 Broughty Ferry. 



Catch about the same as last year. 



(1) Trawling. 



(2) Bag nets. 



Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines and 



creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



(1) Nets 

 and lines. 



(2) Mussel- 

 dredging. 



(1) 5 to 100 



miles off. 

 (•2) River Tay. 



Tay and ad- 

 jacent baj's. 

 Along coast. 



1 to 80 miles 

 off. 



Along coast. 



(1) 1 to 80 

 miles off. 



(2) South 

 Esk. 



54,659 



601 

 108 



10,076 



900 



223 



38,193 



17 

 ,456 



552 



140 



1,008 

 29 

 59 

 422 



324 



143 

 225 



and 

 and 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and flat 

 fish. 



Flat fish and 



mussels. 

 Codhngs 



crabs 

 Lobsters 



crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, had- 

 docks, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 

 Codlings, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Mussels and 

 periwinkles. 



Quantity of trawled fish landed about the same 

 as in 1912, but value higher. Sprat fishing 

 again a failure. 



Decrease in quantity and value of all kinds 

 of fish. 



Only crab and lobster fishing carried on in a 

 small wa\'. 



Large decrease in returns, mainly due to 

 failure of herring fishing. 



Decrease in returns of fish landed. 



Returns less than those of 1912. 

 Big decrease in mussels. 



