of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — Augustus 

 Herring fined 6d. and £2 of expenses for a contravention of Salmon 

 Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1844, Section 1 ; F. Wallace fined £1 15s. 

 for a contravention of Section 15, Sub-section 1, of Salmon Fisheries 

 (Scotland) Act, 1868; William H. Innesfined£l and expenses£l Is. 6d. 

 for contravention of Section 15, Sub-section 1, of Salmon Fisheries 

 (Scotland) Act, 1868 ; J. H. M. Neish fined £1 10s. and 9s. 2d. of 

 expenses ; James Watson and William Stephen, fined 10s. and 9s. 2d. 

 each of expenses for contravention of Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 

 1868, Section 17. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — None 



2. With regard to the observance of bye-laws : — Observed. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — None. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : — 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 April. 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was 91, 



being 69 males and 22 females. 

 The return for the previous season, which could not be included in last 

 I year's report, is as follows : — 97 salmon, 11 sea trout — 85 males and 

 23 females. 94 fish were diseased ; 14 not diseased — 100 kelts, 8 not 

 spawned. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 10th November 1904. 



2. The greatest number spawned between 14th December and 14th 



January. 



3. Spawning ceased in February. 



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



spawning season is regarded as very favourable. 



Smolts— 



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



2. As a smolt year 1905 was very good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was about 

 70,000. 



REPORT FROM UGIE DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. As compared with the average results of previous years, the take of fish 



generally throughout the district has been slightly improved. 

 More particularly it has been 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea, slightly improved. 



(b) By sweep net it tidal or fresh waters, about the average. 



(c) By rod and line, about the average. 



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



(a) By fixed engine, 900 salmon ; 800 grilse. 



(b) By sweep net, 600 sea trout. 



(c) By rod and line, 27 salmon ; 5 grilse ; 1500 finnock and sea 



trout. 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 43 lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — The fish was taken at 



Boddam in the month of August 1905. 



