Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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The following table shows the number of boats, decked and Boats and 

 undecked, and beam trawl vessels employed in the herring and ^hermen 

 other sea fisheries of Scotland ; the number of fishermen and boys and other 

 by whom they were manned; the number of fish-curers, coopers, ^^ e(lin 

 and other persons employed, in the years 1885 and 18 8 6 : — 1885 and 1886. 



Years. 



Fishing Boats 



and Beam 

 Trawl Vessels. 



Fishermen 

 and Boys. 



Fish- 

 curers. 



Coopers. 



Other 

 Persons 

 (estimated). 



1885, . 



1886, . 



15,532 

 15,344 



51,097 

 48,919 



1,130 

 1,073 



2,806 

 2,697 



46,004 

 44,206 



Decrease in 1886, . 



188 



2,178 



57 



109 



1,798 



With reference to the above statistics, it may be noted that for 

 many years previous to 1886, the number of boats and fishermen 

 engaged in the sea fisheries was constantly increasing ; but that in 

 1886, owing to the great reduction in the prices of fish, which had 

 prevailed in the two years immediately preceding, the number of 

 boats employed in the fishing industry was reduced. 



The amount of capital employed last year in boats, beam trawl Capital 

 vessels, and nets was less than in 1885, but the sum employed in ^^^g 

 lines was greater. The particulars of this decrease and increase are 

 given in the following table : — 



Years. 



Value (estimated). 



Boats and 

 Beam Trawl 

 Vessels. 



Nets. 



Lines. 



Total. 



1885, 

 1886, 



£923,956 

 916,017 



£784,726 

 756,579 



£119,764 

 122,361 



£1,828,446 

 1,794,957 



Increase in 1886, 

 Decrease in 1886, . 



£7,939 



£28,147 



£2,597 



£33,489 



The decreases in 1886, as shown above, have been caused by the 

 low prices of fish in the previous two years ; and the increase has 

 arisen from line fishing having been prosecuted to a greater extent 

 than before. 



Table II. Appendix D, shows the number and tonnage of boats, Details of 

 decked and undecked, and beam trawl vessels, employed in the y°^ s s e \ s & c 

 herring and other sea fisheries of Scotland last year, with the and Capital' 

 districts to which they belong ; the number of fishermen and boys employed, 

 by whom they were manned ; the number of fish-curers, coopers, 

 and other persons employed ; with the estimated value of boats, 

 beam trawl vessels, nets, and lines. 



Table III. Appendix D, shows the tonnage of shipping and the 



