of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — contimted. 



37 













;ions. 





Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishinf? 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (e.vcluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



j No. of Curing Stat 



Genkral Remarks. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



2 to 7 miles 

 ofif. 



Around the 

 Pentland 

 Skerries. 



In the vicin- 

 ity of the 

 Pentland 

 Skerries. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



Dunnet Bay. 



•2 to 8 miles 

 o ff and 

 along the 

 north coast. 



Along the 



coast. 

 Sandside Bay 

 and vicinit3\ 

 Along the 



coast. 



Around the 

 island. 



Along the 

 coast. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Drift nets 



and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 creels. 



Creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Inshore. 



Inshore and 

 10 to 50 miles 

 S.E.&E.S.E. 



Inshore 



8 to 60 miles 

 E. by S. to 

 S. by E. 



Inshore. 



Cwts. 

 639 



4,906 

 457 



673 



34 

 26,813 



81 



567 



I 169 



242 



553 

 442 

 454,480 



2,838 



275,467 



40 



336 



£ 



166 

 1,171 



182 



205 



17 

 9,453 



23 

 146 



354 



62 

 67 



168 

 192 

 233,136 



1,552 



231 



155 

 161,810 



17 

 173 



31 



59 



562 



228 



315| 

 62 



135 1 

 64 



111 



423 

 4,016 



306 



282 

 261 



18 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, lohsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, saithe, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, haddock, 

 and lobsters. 



Cod, haddock, 

 flounder, and 

 and lobsters. 



and 



Lobsters. 



Lobsters 

 herrings. 



Cod and lob 



sters. 

 Lobsters. 

 Lobsters 



herrings. 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



and 



59 



At these creeks crofters occasionallj' prose- 

 cute the fishing. The results obtained are 

 somewhat under the previous year's. 



Small motor craft along with the sailers were 

 made use of to advantage at line fishing. 

 Fish less abundant, but, owing to imiJroved 

 craft, catch similar to previous year's. 



Slight decrease in value of white and shell- 

 fish. 



About 40 per cent, less cod caught, but an 

 increase in lobsters and crabs. 



Few regular fishermen here. As a fishing 

 creek it is unimportant and declining. 



Very substantial inc;rease in the landings, 

 wholly attributable to the successful 

 herring fishing prosecuted on the north 

 coast in January. It is now a number of 

 years since Scrabster harbour was so much 

 frequented by fisiiing craft. 



Improved results. Decrease in white fish, 

 but considerable increase in shell-fish. 



Little difference from 1912. Two small motor 

 boats employed at this creek. 



Decline of white fish. Shell-fish well main- 

 tained. A large number of the fishermen 

 are employed as hired hands on East Coast 

 craft for about six months in the year. 



Fishing confined chiefly to the first quarter 

 of the .\ear when fishermen at home. 

 Slight decrease — lobsters. 



Only lobsters are marketed from here. The 

 few white fish caught are sold locally. In- 

 creased catch of lobsters, but other kinds 

 have decreased. 



Most of the fishermen of this island were 

 engaged at the various herring fishing 

 centres for a great part of the year, and 

 consequently did little fi.shing at home. 



Little done apart from lobster fishing. Con- 

 siderable decrease in wliite fish, but an 

 increase in lobsters. 



Considerable decrease in quantity and value 

 of all classes of white and shell-fish. 



Crofter fishermen ; lobster fishing chiefly 



prosecuted. 

 Herrings all landed by East Coast steam 



drifters. 



Crofter fishermen ; chiefly lobster fishing 

 prosecuted. 



Principal herring curing station in district, 

 but no attention given to line fishing. 



White fish all landed by foreign vessels for 

 curing puri)0ses and not included in this 

 return. 



Fisheries unimportant. 



