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TABLE E. — Estimated Quantity of Fish Caught within the Area 



RESTRICTED FROM TRAWLING IN THE ANSTRUTHER DISTRICT. 



I. From 5th April to 30th November 1886. 



Kind of Fish. 



Quantity. 



Kemarks. 



Herrings, 



Sprat, .... 

 Sparling, 



Cod, .... 



Haddock, 



Whiting, 



Flounder, 



Eel, .... 

 Skate, .... 



Cwt. 

 140 

 935 

 91 

 1,316 

 14,316 

 1,320 

 1,005 



69 

 26 



Caught October and November ; Newburgh. 



Do. August to November, do. 

 Cod and Codlings. 

 Best month's fishing in November. 



Chiefly caught, St Andrews Bay, also Largo Bay 



and Newburgh. 

 Nearly all caught at Newburgh. 



Other White Fish, 



10 





Mussels, 



22,247 



From Elver Eden, Tayport, and Buckhaven, 

 Leith. 



Clams, .... 

 Lobsters, 



Crabs, .... 

 Other Shell Fish, . 



1,916 

 100s. 



59 

 4,020 

 cwt. 

 1,297 



Fished off Cockenzie, &c. ; landed Buckhaven. 



Chiefly caught off Crail. 

 Whelks gathered along the shore. 









II. From 1st December 1886 to 31st March 1887. 



Herring, 

 Sprat, . 



Sparling, 



Cod, . 



Saith, . 



Haddock, 

 Whiting, 

 Flounder, 



Eel, 



Other White 



Mussels, 



Clams, . 



Lobsters, 

 Crabs, . 



Other Shell Fish, 



Fish, 



Cwt. 

 18,000 

 7,730 



74 



1,800 



175 



5,880 

 387 

 1,988 



15 



6,577 



235 

 100s. 

 4| 

 2061 



cwt. 



Difficult to estimate ; see note below. 



Landed at Newburgh ; best fishing February- 

 all for manure. 



Landed Newburgh ; half of quantity fished 

 March. 



Principally caught on hand-lines by herring 

 crews. 



Principally caught on hand-lines by herring 

 crews. 



Caught over the Firth generally. 



Do. do. 

 Fully |'s caught at St Andrews Bay ; balance 

 Largo Bay ; best fishing February. 



Biver Eden and Tayport ; part from Leith to 



Buckhaven. 

 Fished off Cockenzie ; landed at Buckhaven. 



Fished near Fifeness over the four months. 

 All caught in March from Cellardyke round to 

 Kingsbarns. 



Whelks gathered along the shore. 



Note. — About two-thirds of the whole district catch of herrings each winter is caught 

 between the May Island, Fifeness, and the Carr, on or immediately outside the 

 trawling limits. 



Nearly all the Cod and Saith entered above were caught on hand-lines while 

 herring fishing, and with so much fishing near the limits of trawling, are difficult 

 to estimate, but I believe the whole is a very near estimate of the actual quantities. 



