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Appendices to Twenty -seventh Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was 45,000. 



2. In securing ova the numbers of male and female fish captured were respec- 



tively 13 male and 10 female. 



REPORT FROM LEVEN AND CLYDE DISTRICT, INCLUDING 



LOCH LOMOND. 



Take of Fish— 



1. State whether the take of fish has been above or below the average of 



previous years. 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea— There are none within this district. 

 *(b) By sweep net in the tidal waters of the River Clyde — Above the 

 average. 



(c) By rod and line in Loch Lomond — Above the average for salmon 

 and grilse, below for sea trout, particularly of the smaller class. 

 *Note. — The Association alone nets the Clyde, and that only by two nets on 

 one shot. It does not exercise at all its right of netting the Leven 

 or Loch Lomond. In the latter, four nets are worked by the Duke 

 of Montrose and his tenants, and one by Sir A. W. Leith Buchanan, 

 Bart., at odd times. 



2. The actual number of fish caught has been as follows : — 



(6) By sweep net in River Clyde in 3 months — Salmon, 368 ; grilse, 



485 ; sea trout, 4090. 

 (c) By rod and line (approximately) in Loch Lomond — Figures not 



available. 



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



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 



May. June. July. 

 ( Salmon, ... 9 57 34 



By sweep net. ] Grilse, .... 0 20 80 



I Sea trout, ... 8 14 78 



Particulars as to the tines grilse appeared, as included in the above return, 

 are as follow : — Sea trout began to run early in April. The first grilse 

 taken was got in the Clyde nets on 19th June. 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 18 lbs., in 



Clyde nets, and 21-g- lbs. in Loch Lomond. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are not noted for the Clyde 



fish, but the loch fish was taken on the minnow on 12th May at the 



mouth of the Endrick. 

 Note. — These weights are trivial compared with those of other districts, 

 but the explanation is that for many years the Endrick, the one 

 important salmon river, has been flagrantly poached in the spawning 

 season. An effort is being made this season to enlist the sympathy 

 of the riparian proprietors with a view to having the spawning beds 

 watched. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with are : — There are no natural 

 obstructions in the Clyde or Leven, but nearly all the tributary streams 

 of Loch Lomond are partially or wholly obstructed by falls. 



(1) The Fruin is partially obstructed by a fall, which both salmon and sea 



trout can ascend, however, in favourable circumstances. 



(2) The Finlas is wholly obstructed one mile from the loch. 



(3) The Luss is partially obstructed by a mill dam, which sea trout, but 



not salmon, surmount in favourable circumstances. 



(4) The Douglas is wholly obstructed by a fall a quarter of a mile from the 



loch. 



(5) The Inveruglas Water is wholly obstructed by falls. 



(6) The Falloch is wholly obstructed two miles from the loch. 



(7) The Arklet is wholly obstructed at the loch by a fall. 



(8) The Endrick is partially obstructed at the Pot of Gartness, but salmon 



and sea trout both ascend in favourable states of the water, 



