of the Fishery Board^for Scotland. 45 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of 



Fishino- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing- 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Vahie 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Rbmarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 









Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



\ Sound of 

 ' Harris and 

 r vicinity of 

 ) islands. 



1 The Minch 

 J inshore. 



The Minch 

 and Lochs. 



Sea Lochs 

 and vicinity. 



The Minch 

 inshore. 



^ Skerryvore, 

 G u n n a 

 Sound, 

 Heisker 

 - Canna.and 

 Coll Bank. 

 Also in- 

 shore 



, Barra. 



1 60 



1 247 



538 

 42 

 6,796 



266 



1 



\ 122754 

 130.703 



6 



73 



71 



10 

 3,670 



119 

 77,149 



81,098 



674 



2,226 



311 

 16 

 1,197 



2,424 

 6,848 



Lobsters. 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 



Herring and 

 lobsters. 



Ling. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



1 



5 

 1 



20 

 27 



White fishing of little importance. Lobster 

 fishing compares favourably with the 

 previous year. 



Decrease in white fish. Shell fisheries show 

 23 per cent, increase in value over the 

 year 1912. 



Slight decrease in shell-fish return. 



Fishermen of this creek land their fish at 



Loch Boisdale. 

 Decrease in both herrings and white fish. 



Shell-fish landings nearly double the 



previous year's figures. 

 Fishermen of this creek fish from Castlebaj'. 



Marked increase in quantity and ^•alue of 

 herrings. Great -line fishing a failure. 

 Shell fisheries similar to the previous year. 



I Lines and 

 j lobster 

 ) creels. 



Minch and 

 L 0 c h i n- 

 chard. 



1,576 



392 



366 



Herring, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



1 



Considerable increase in quantity and value 

 of white fish, due mainly to landings of 

 herrings at Lochclash in winter. Slight 

 increase in value of shell-fish. 



) 



Minch, Loch 

 Inchard.and 

 Cairnbawn. 



182 



65 



510 



Lobsters. 





Little attention given to line fishing. The 

 value of shell fish-shows an increase of £53. 





Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Glencoul. 



1,244 



578 



950 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 





The quantity and value of white fish have 

 decreased by 34-8 and 38-4 per cent, re- 

 spectively, while the value of shell -fish 

 has increased by 65-2 per cent. 



1 - 



Minch and 

 Cairnbawn. 



232 



83 



402 



Herring and 

 lobsters. 





White fish fishing unimportant. The value 

 of shell-fish shows a decrease of £188. 



) Nets, lines, 

 fand lob- 

 ster creels. 



Minch, Loch- 

 inver, and 

 Enard Bay. 



4,691 



1,109 



415 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 lobsters. 



1 



The quantity and value of herrings show an 

 increase of 2398 cwts. and £48.") respec- 

 tively. Other kinds of white fishing less 

 productive than formerly. Decrease in 

 value of shell-fish. 



