oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



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Position of 

 Priiioiiml 

 Fisliino- 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Gekkrai, Remarks. 



1 to 2 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



2 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 mile oflf. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4, and 

 from 10 to 

 80 miles off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



Owts. 

 34 



469 



193 

 659 

 47 

 705 



803,186 



512 

 80 



£ 



13 

 291 



99 

 460 



19 

 272 



805,885 



1 to 10 miles 

 from shore. 



1 to 90 miles 

 from shore. 



1 to 10 miles 

 from shore. 



3,907 



3,321 

 672,274 



111 

 1,237 



681, C 



369, 



275 



37L333 



1,243 



336,054 



57 

 882 

 81 



339,296 



209 



216 



38 

 1,630 



Codlings and 



mussels. 

 Codlings, whit- 



i n g- s and 



flounders. 

 Codlings and 



haddocks. 

 Codlings, dabs, 



and haddocks. 

 Codlings and 



saithe. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 flounders. 



Herrings, cod, 



codlings, ling, 



and plaice. 



Codlings and 

 flounders. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herring, had- 

 d o c k, and 

 codling. 



Codling and 

 crabs. 



Unimportant as a fishing creek. 



A considerable decrease in quantity and 

 value. 



There is very little change at this creek from 



year to year. 

 The results at this creek show very little 



change. 



There are no regular fishermen at this creek. 

 A slight decrease in quantity and value. 



Considerable increase in quantity and value, 

 also in means of capture. 



A large decrease in quantity and value. 



r Fishermen belonging to this section had 

 ( another prosperous year at the various 

 V herring fishings. 



C An increase of 7 steam drifters. Fishermen 

 •f belonging to this section also had a very 

 \^ prosperous year. 



An increase of 11 steam drifters. Fishermen 

 and all others interested in herring cur- 

 ing have had a remarkably prosperous 

 year. 



No improvement at this station, slight de- 

 crease in value of boats and gear. 



An increase of 2 steam drifters. Fishermen 

 belonging to this section had a prosperous 

 year. 



An increase of 1 steam drifter, and a decrease 

 of 1 motor boat at this section. 



Morav Firth. 



24,794 



,843 



2,357 



13,399 



7,677 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herrings, cod 

 and h a d- 

 docks. 



227 Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 plaice. 



r Decrease in quantity, chiefly in herrings and 

 haddocks, but increase in value. Two 

 V steam drifters added to the fleet. 



Decrease in quantity, chiefly in herrings and 

 haddocks, but an increase in value. There 

 was an addition of 5 steam drifters. 



No fishing carried on. Fishermen as usual 

 worked from the large centres. Boat- 

 builders were well employed, and are likely 

 to be very busy for some time. 



Principally a line and cod net fishing station. 

 Considerable decrease in quantity and 

 value, mostly in cod and haddocks. 



