No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board, for Scotland. 



53 



Methods 



of 

 Fishing- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 SheU 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Drift nets 

 and lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Lines. 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Sound of Is- 

 lay. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off Rhynns 

 Lighthouse. 



Lochindaal. 



Cwts. 



216 



Lochgruin- 



art Bay. 

 Around the 



island. 



330 



122 



430 



275 



50 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Seine and 

 drift nets 

 andlines. 



• Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 andlines. 



Vicinity of 

 Luing- and 

 neighbour- 

 ing islands. 



Vicinity of 

 Crinan. 



Lochkyles- 



port and 



vicinitj-. 

 Lochfyne and 



Kilbrannan 



Sound. 



128,271 



Upper reaches 

 of Lochfyne, 



99 



14,122 



54,342 



222 



42 



23 



57 



133 



179 



2,444 



250 



193 

 127 



1,089 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and plaice. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, plaice, 

 and lobsters. 



Saith e and 

 whelks. 

 Lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Lobsters and 

 oysters. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, saithe, 

 and codlings. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, and cod- 

 lings. 



Cod and cod- 

 lings. 



Mackerel. 



Substantial increase in catch and value. 



Large decrease in cod. Number and value 

 of lobsters similar to previous year's 

 returns. 



Considerable falling off all round, returns 

 showing a decrease in quantity and value 

 of all kinds of fish. 



Total value about half that of 1912. 



light increase in herrings ; little difference 

 in quantity and value of line fish and 

 lobsters. 



Decrease in saithe and shell-fish. 



\ Large decrease in the number and value of 

 I lobsters. 



Decrease in quantity and value of lobsters. 

 Slight increase in unclassified shell-fish. 



This creek also exhibits decrease in lobster 



catch, fewer crews being employed. 



Shrinkage of about 50 per cent, in 



quantity and value of oysters. 

 One local and three stranger crews landed 



lobsters at this creek. Increase in catch 



and value. 



Catch and value of herrings show increases 

 of 50 per cent, and 100 per cent, respec- 

 tively. Mackerel exhibits a decrease, 

 while line fish remains practically the 

 same. 



Marked increase in quantity and value of 



herrings, and slight improvement in 



landings by line boats. 

 All fish sold at sea or landed at Ardrishaig. 



Local crews fished from Lochboisdale in 



early summer with fair results. 



All herrings sold at sea. Line fishing slightly 

 improved, but decreased catch by cod nets. 



Only small rowing boats engaged in this 

 section and the landings are of little im- 

 portance. 



Nets and Firth of ^ 

 lines. i Clyde. U.370 



" i •• !^ 



Nets, lines, l Off west of \ 562 

 and creels. I Bute. i 



347 I 103 



I 



Herrings, mac- (2 

 kerel, cod, con- I 

 ger eels, and | 

 skate. 1 



Herrings and 

 cod. ! 



I Decrease in catch and value, chiefly in 

 I herrings and conger eels. 



Increase in quantity and value of herrings. 



