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PERCENTAGES OF SALMON AND GRILSE CAUGHT SEASON 1913. 





By Net and Coble. 



By Fixed Engine. 



Month. 





















Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



February 11 til to 28tli . 

 March .... 

 April .... 

 May .... 

 June .... 

 July .... 

 August 1st to 26th . 



6-7 

 18-8 

 11-7 

 17-6 

 14-5 

 17-5 

 13-2 



0-4 

 9-7 

 83-0 

 6-9 



3-5 

 8-3 

 11-2 



16- 6 



17- 5 



18- 0 

 24-9 



0-3 

 14-3 

 69-4 

 16-0 





100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



2. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 40 lb. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — 18th August 1913. 

 Sea coast or river mouth estuary by raik net. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1913 was £11,228 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was £1403 lis. lOd. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 49 in number, viz. : — 1 superintendent, 



1 inspector, and 47 bailiffs. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — Two cases, 



including three persons, were disposed of as follows : — 1. Two men 

 fined 10s. each or 5 days' imprisonment. 2. One man fined 20s. 

 3. A shepherd fined lis., including expenses, for running a quantity 

 of sheep-dip liquid into a stream, and thus poisoning a number of 

 salmon fry. 



5. A boy admonished for killing salmon smolts. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — No change during the year, 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — Pretty well. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — The usual necessary yearly overhauls 



to several. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — Strictly looked after and kept down. The 



main source comes from distilleries. 



2, Remedial measures : — Various and numerous. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its appearance this year in the month of October, and 



reached its height in December 1912. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in February 1913. 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was 81 



kelts. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Pish were first noticed spawnmg on 28th September 1912. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November 1912. 



3. Spawning ceased in February 1913. 



4. As regards numbers of breeding fish, and state of the water, the past 



spawning season is regarded as abnormally heavy. 



