No. II. — continued. 



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Methods 

 of Fishing- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliiiio- 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fisl; I.nnded 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 



Fish 

 taken. 



PriMCiiial 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Genbral Rr,M>RKS. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 creels. ' 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Nets, lines, 



and creels. 



Lines. 

 Nets and 

 Lines. 



S t r o n s a y 

 Firth and 

 inshore. 



10 to 40 miles 

 S.E. and 

 inshore. 



Inshore. 



Close inshore. 

 1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



1 to 90 miles 

 off. 



1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



1 to 40 mih 

 off. 



Inshore. 



Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines. 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 1 to 40 miles 



lines. 

 Lines. 

 Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines. 



off. 



Inshore. 

 1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



Cwts. 

 22,707 



]34 



15,259 

 12,435 



583 

 6,365 



316 

 \ 752 



10,992 



8,252 

 6,934 



-54,145 



194 



92 

 205 



616 



192,643 



27,872 



853 ' 158 



-623019 282,624 



632 



2,547 



245 

 1,193 



6,964 



250 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings. 



Cod and 



sters. 

 Lobsters 



herrings. 



Lobsters and cod. 



lob- 

 and 



Principally her- 

 rings and great- 

 line fish. 



Chiefly hand- 

 and small-line 

 fish. 



General — h e r- 

 rings, mac- 

 kerel, great- 

 line fish and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, a n d 

 great-line fish. 



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Line fish, prin- ^ 

 cipally saithe 

 and haddocks. 



Principally her- 

 rings; also 

 saithe, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, great- 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks. 



Local fishermen employed at line fishing 

 throughout the year. Considerable 

 quantities of cod landed by trawler.s and 

 Faroe smacks for curing purposes. Her- 

 rings all landed by stranger fishermen. 



Crofting districts. Fishermen prosecute 

 herring fishing at other creeks. 



Landings practically confined to herrings 

 landed by stranger boats. 



Crofter fishermen. Fifteen local crews prose- 

 cuted the herring fishing with good 

 results. 



General results about same as last year. 



Local fishermen engaged in line and lobster 

 fishing. Herrings all landed by stranger 

 crews. 



j Ci'ofter fishermen ; lobster and hand-line 

 \_ fishing prosecuted with fair success. 

 Herring fishing prosecuted from other 

 creeks with satisfactory results. 



Considerable decrease in quantity and value 

 ■ of herrings ; otherwise general results 

 al)Out same as in 1912. 



} Decrease in quantity and value of herrings ; 

 other branches about same as last ,> ear. 



■\ Slight increase in quantity and value of hand- 

 |- line fish. Fishermen land their herrings 

 j at Hoswick. 



i Decrease of nearly 50 per cent, in quantity 

 and 40 per cent, in value of herrings ; de- 

 crease of nearly 50 per cent, in quantitj- 

 and value of haddocks ; slight decrease in 

 quantity and value of great-line fish. 



t Increase of 30 per cent, in quantity and over 

 100 per cent, in value of herrings ; general 

 results of line fishing about same as last 

 year. 



General decrease in quantity and value of line 

 fish. Fishermen landed their herrings at 

 other stations in the district. 



Decrease in quantity and value of herrings ; 

 results of line fishings about same as 

 in 1912. 



Decrease of about 50 per cent, in quantity 

 and value of herrings ; returns from line 

 fishing about same as last year. 



