No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



35 



Methods 

 of Fishing- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishins: 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding' 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fi.sh 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Small andi 2 to 12 miles 

 hand! E. hy S. 

 lines. 



TLines and DornochFirth, 

 ■| c r a b and 1 to 15 

 V creels. i miles off 

 ' TarbatNess. 

 Small lines, i 1 to 10 miles 



E. by N.E. 



off Inver. 



Cwts. 

 1,954 



2,122 



927 



1,008 



11,953 



7,601 



70 



468 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Flounders and 

 plaice. 



Mussels. 



Haddocks and codlings scarcer, with a conse- 

 quent decline in the total catch. A num- 

 ber of men were absent at herring fishing, 

 and others were employed as navvies 

 during the closing six month of the year. 



Decrease in haddocks and codlings. 



Part of the catch landed at Portmahomack. 



Majority of men employed at the chief 



herring fishing centres for a considerable 



period of the year. 

 Mussels the only fisliery product. Output 



nil during 1918. 



Lines. 



2 to 





off. 



Lines and 





cod nets. 





Lines. 





Lines and 



2 to 



crab 



off. 



creels. 





Lines <lnd 



2 to 



cod nets. 



off. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab creels. 

 Nets and 

 lines. 

 Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 

 Lines. ' 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



Inshore 

 grounds. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



3,746 

 1,782 



5,634 



1,957 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off, and 8 

 to 42 miles 

 E. by N.3.E. 

 E. by E. 

 1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



Sinclair Bay. 



Sinclair Bay 

 and along 

 the coast. 



539 



3,423 



748 

 4,710 



380 

 414,472 



611 

 482 

 1,312 



1,134 



1,498 

 671 



2,376 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and plaice. 



Haddocks and 

 cod. 



1,316 



28 

 120 



Codling, 

 ster s, 

 crabs. 



Codlings. 



Herrings, 



haddocks, 

 Codlings. 



lob- 

 an d 



cod- 

 a n d 



109 

 219,763 



192 

 194 

 641 



81 



1,005 



Cod and crabs. 



Herring, mack- 

 erel, cod, ling, 

 and saithe. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, haddock, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Falling off in quantity and value. Many of 

 the fishermen were employed during a 

 great part of the year as labourers at the 

 Naval Works, Cromarty. 



Considerable decrease in quantity and value. 



Unimportant creek. 



Quantity little more than half that of the 

 previous year, and marked decrease in 

 value. 



Little change from 1912. Slight increase in 

 value. 



Slight increase in herrings and crabs, de- 

 crease in codlings. Value shnilar to 1912. ! 



Herring catch double that of last year. Con- 

 siderable decrease in codlings and had- 

 docks. Shell - fish slightly increased. \ 

 Total value much the same as in previous : 

 year. | 



Considerable decrease both in quantity and 

 value. 



At most of the creeks, unsettled weather for 



a great part of the year was experienced. 



There was also a scarcity of fish. 

 Considerable decrease in herrings and cod, 



but an increase in value, owing to the 



high prices paid for herrings. 



Decrease of white fish, 

 little difference. 



Shell-fish showed 



Considerable decrease in white fish and crabs. 



In the summer months the fishermen of this 

 creek made a speciality of crab fishing. 

 Thev had a fairlv successful season. 



