oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — contAmied. 



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Methods 



of 

 Fishing- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



or 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



GENERAii Remarks. 



Cwts. 



Nets and i LochLinnhe. ^ 

 hand lines. I - 



Drift, and 

 cod nets 

 and lines. 



Hand lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels, 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Firth of Horn, 

 atid off Dhu- 

 artach. 



Loch Linnhe. 



Sound of 

 Mull. 

 In lochs. 



Of¥ coast. 



In lochs. 



Around Tresfi- 

 nish Isles. 

 Off Island. 



Sound of 

 lona. 



Off Islands. 



33 



405 

 140 



10 



8,734 



235 

 50 



52 



265 



150,031 



Drift nets. 



Seine nets 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Seine nets, 



lines, and 



lobster 



creels. 

 Lobster 



creels. 

 Lines and 



lobster 



creels. 

 Lobster 



creels. 

 Drift nets, 



lines, and 



lobster 



creels. 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Kilbrennan 

 Sound. 



35 



10,707 



115,052 



Around the 



Island. 

 Along the 



coast. 



1 to 3 miles 

 ofif the coast. 



Around the 

 Island, and 

 from 1 to 5 

 miles S.W. 

 from Cara. 



Along; the 

 coast to 

 M'Arthur 

 Head. 



60,581 



15 



3,112 



50,; 



286 

 30 



33 

 232 

 577 

 105 



158 



70 



219 



103 

 2,705 



93 



177 



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Herrings, saithe, 

 and whelks. 



Saithe and 

 whelks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and skate. 



Eels and skate. 



Haddocks and 



lobsters. 

 Herrings and 



lobsters. 



Flounders and 



lobsters. 

 Haddocks and 



shell fish. 

 Lobsters. 



Ling- and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, mack- 

 erel, cod, saithe, 

 whitings, plaice, 

 and lobsters. 

 Lobsters. 



Cod, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Lobsters. 



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}With the continued absence of herrings in 

 Loch Linnhe this section shows little 

 change. 

 Same as above. 



Slight reduction in quantity but an increase 

 in value. Herring fishing gave very 

 moderate results. 



Fishing in this island is declining, the fisher- 

 men seeking other employment during 

 the greater part of year. 



Little variation. Lobster fishing well main- 

 tained. 



Owing to failure of Loch fishing, perhaps 

 more than any other this creek has failed. 

 Crofter fishermen have almost abandoned 

 all effort at fishing. Results slightly less 

 than in 1912. 



A moderate increase in value of shell fish. 



No improvement in line or net fishing, but 



fair increase in value of shell fish. 

 Quantity of shell lish well maintained, but a 



slight decrease in value. 

 Failure of spring great line fishing accounts 



for a decided decline in quantity landed. 



Value of shell fish also less. 

 This creek continues to show poor results. 



Line and shell fisheries both show a slight 



decline. 



Largely owing to stormy weather during the 

 winter months a decrease in quantity and 

 value is shown. 



Value of shell fish well maintained, but de- 

 crease in other kinds, chiefly herrings, 

 while value is much the same as in 1912. 



The improvement recorded last year was not 

 maintained, largely owing to stormy 

 weather. A slight decrease in value. 



Fishing of little importance. Small quantities 

 of herrings landed during the latter half 

 of the year. 



Majority of the fishermen confine their opera- 

 tions entirelj^ to herring fishing, only a few 

 being engaged in fishing for lobsters. The 

 catch and value, both of herrings and lob- 

 sters, show a considerable increase. 



Large increase in quantity and value of her- 

 rings. The returns of lobsters also show 

 an increase, but line fishing continues to de- 

 cline, and is becoming of little importance. 



Fishing confined to lobsters. Results show 

 a big decrease. 



Slight increase in quantity and value of cod, 

 but large decrease in saith and lobsters. 



Operations confined to lobster fishing. In- 

 crease in number and value. 



Considerable decline in cod fishing, but little 

 change with regard to lobsters. 



Results not so satisfactory as those of the 

 previous year. 



