of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 33 



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 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



j No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 















Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Moray Firth. 



•• 



1,138 

 613 



648 

 384 





Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



2 

 1 



A decrease in quantity and value, mostly 

 in herrings and haddocks. Two steam 

 drifters added to the fleet. 



Only line fishing carried on. Decrease in 

 quantit}' and value. 







40,799 



24,466 



354 





19 







Nets and 

 lines. 



Cod nets, 

 he r r ing 

 nets, and 

 lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Moray Firth. 



822 



2,581 

 2,943 



49,180 



2,517 



.58,043 



365 



1,576 

 1,281 



23,021 



1,507 



27,750 



28 

 7 



2 



35 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herring, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 other kinds of 

 fish. 



Codlings. 



1 



4 

 2 



6 

 13 



^ 



The majority of the fishermen were employed 

 exclusively at herring fishing for the 

 ^TGtitGi' pcirfc of tjliG yGcir jit the Vciriotis 

 centres in Scotland, England, and Ireland, 



' and enjoyed a year of exceptional prosper- 

 ity. 



Line fishing, which is prosecuted by the older 

 fishermen, was less successful than during 

 the previous year. 



Nets, lines, 

 and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets. 



Moray Firth. 



I n V e r n e s s 

 and Beauly 

 Firths. 



30,175 



3,273 

 4,821 



207 

 2,508 



751 



3,603 

 45,338 



16,771 



1,982 

 2,6G7 



118 

 2,288 



660 



1,418 

 25,904 



34 



209 



243 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Haddocks and 

 mussels. 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Haddocks, 

 flounders, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 



7 

 1 



8 





Considerable decrease in herrings, cod, and 

 haddocks. Fishermen employed chiefly 

 at herring fishing at the principal stations 

 around the coast. 



Decrease in white fish and mussels. 



Large decrease in haddocks. ^lajority of 

 - fishermen employed at herring fishing at 

 the principal stations. 



Herring and sprat fishing a failure. 



Drift nets, 



lines, and 

 cod nets. 



Small and 

 hand lines, 

 and drift 

 nets. 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, and 

 Moray 

 Firths. 



C r 0 ni a r t y 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 8 

 miles off 

 Sutors. 



Off Sutors. 



165 

 7,692 



120 

 5,531 



78 

 320 



Codlings and 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



1 





Majority of fishermen employed almost ex- 

 clusively at drift-net fisliing on the West 

 and East Coasts from May till October, 

 and later in small herring and sprat fish- 

 ing in the Inverness and Beauly Firths. 

 Prockice of the latter fishery landed in 

 Findhorn district. 



Line-fishing chiefly. Decrease in haddocks 

 and codlings, owing to scan it> of fish on 

 the grounds, and to the fact tluu n number 



■ of men worked as navvies (iiiiing the 

 autuiiiM and winter at the Achniralty con- 

 struction works on the Sutors. Others at 

 licrring lishing as hired hands. 



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