of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



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Pollutions— 



The existing pollutions are : — ^None. 



The Salmon Disease— 



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



reached its height in February. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in March. 



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



follows : — 



Males. Females. 



Kelts ..... 13 2 



Clean . . . . ... 1 grilse 



The Spawning Season — 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 27th October. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November. 



3. Spawning ceased — ^Not ceased yet. 



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



ing season is regarded as: — This spawning season is rather unsatisfactory 

 on account of the continuous floods. The sea trout were plentiful and 

 spawned in large numbers on the River Ness. The upper rivers have 

 not done so well as former years, but the flooded condition of the rivers 

 prevented the numbers being counted. The salmon on the River Ness 

 do not start spawning until the Christmas week. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in April. 



2. As a smolt year 1913 was rather below average. 



REPORT FROM CONON FISHERY DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — 



rit is impossible to obtain 

 (a) By fixed engines in the sea J accurate information from 



(6) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters 1 the lessees of salmon fish 



I ings. 



(c) By rod and line — About 700, but precise information not obtained. 



2. The catch in relation to that of former years was : — 



(a) By fixed engine considerably above the average. 



(b) By sweep net an average catch. 



(c) By rod and line a record one at Brahan, Coul being considerably 



above the average, and Fairbum, Craigdarroch, Scatwell, 

 Little Scatwell, and Strathconon, a good average catch. 



3. Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show the 



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



By Fixed Engine . 



3 



7 



10 



13 



17 



39 



11 





By Sweep Net 



6 



10 



12 



11 



14 



35 



12 





By Rod and Line . 



5 



13 



24 



15 



14 



11 



10 



8 



4. Sea trout : — 



(a) The number taken was below the average. 



