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Part III. — Twenty -seventh Annual Report 



pelagic fishes, herring, sprat, mackerel, and with these are included the 

 other *' net "-caught fish, the smelt or sparling : — 



Herring 

 Sprat 

 Mackerel 

 Sparling 



Total .. 



East Coast. 



Orkney and Shetland. 



1889-1898. 



1899-1908. 



1889-1898. 



1899-1908. 



£ 



516,141 

 1,718 

 268 

 978 



£ 



666,129 

 3,857 

 1,542 

 747 



£ 



89,435 



"10 



£ 



413,264 

 ' 45 



519,101 



672,276 



89,445 



413,310 





Herring 

 Sprat 

 Mackerel 

 Sparling 



Total .. 



West Coast. 



All Scotland. 



1889-1898. 



1899-1908. 



1889-1898. 



1899-1908. 



£ 



199,767 

 1 



1,328 

 141 



£ 



223,664 

 6 



4,083 

 201 



£ 



765,143 

 1,757 

 1,403 

 1,084 



£ 



1,303,057 

 3,863 

 5,670 

 949 



201,237 



227,954 



769,387 



1,313,540 



From the above table it will be found that the value of the herrings 

 landed has considerably increased — for all Scotland to the extent of 70 per 

 cent., for the East Coast to the extent of 29 per cent., for the West Coast 

 to the extent of 12 per cent., and for Orkney and Shetland by no less than 

 362 per cent. Although the proportion of mackerel, and therefore its 

 relative importance at present, is much less, the percentage increase of the 

 value has been greater than with the herring, namely, 304 per cent, for all 

 coasts, 486 for the East Coast, 350 for Orkney and Shetland, and over 207 

 for the West Coast. The increase in the value of sprats was about 120 per 

 cent, for all coasts. 



. In a similar way the particulars regarding the values of the other fishes 

 may be set forth, and in the following table are given the average values 

 of the different fishes landed in the various periods for each coast and for 

 all Scotland, the values of those fish taken by line and by trawl being 

 distinguished from one another : — 



