TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 LORD PENTLAND, 



His Majesti/s Secretary for Scotland. 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 8/.^ May 1911. 



May it please Your Lordship, — 



In terms of the Act 45 & 46 Vict., c. 78, we, the Fishery 

 Board for Scotland, have the honour to present the following Report, 

 being for the year ended 31st December 1910 : — 



PART I.-GENERAL STATEMENT. 



In so doing, it is our pleasing duty to report a productive year for 

 the fisheries of Scotland. During the year under review the 

 quantity and value of the fish landed amounted to 8,709,655 cwts. 

 in quantity and £3,100,387 in value, exclusive of shell-fish, the value 

 of which was £69,760, bringing up the total value of all kinds of fish 

 landed to £3,170,147. 



This result shows an increase over the preceding year of 1,286,470 

 cwts. in quantity and of £211,280 in value, and is th(3 second highest 

 result for one year on record. 



This result was obtained through the agency of 9,724 fishing vessels, 

 of a gross tonnage of 139,701, of the value of £5,439,857, with 

 equipment complete, and manned by crews amounting in the 

 aggregate to 38,941 fishermen. 



Summary of Means of Capture. 



The following Table gives in summary form the means of capture 

 employed and the resulting catches with their value since 1898 : — 



Year. 



1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 



Number 

 of 



Vessels. 



11,576 

 11,245 

 11,275 

 11,201 

 11,097 

 11,008 

 10,891 

 10,581 

 10,554 

 10,365 

 10,078 

 9,889 

 9,724 



Tonnage. 



113,557 

 114,448 

 119,426 

 124,639 

 131,692 

 140,531 

 140,396 

 136,385 

 142,081 

 144,385 

 142,505 

 139,973 

 139,701 



Value of 

 Boats and 

 Gear. 



£ 



2,029,384 

 2,383,776 

 2,711,877 

 3,001,301 

 3,212,455 

 3,448,168 

 3,431,284 

 3,304,695 

 4,117,549 

 4,857,816 

 5,223,149 

 5,291,533 

 5,4.39,857 



Total Catch. 



Quantity. 



Cwts. 

 6,558,768 

 5,145,076 

 5,369,265 

 6,385,170 

 6,866,028 

 6,518,808 

 7,947,829 

 7,856,310 

 7,593,.369 

 9,018,153 

 8,645,252 

 7,423,185 

 8,709,655 



Value. 



£ 



1,879,866 

 2,189,93.3 

 2,325,994 

 2,238,310 

 2,502,668 

 2,401,287 

 2,231,102 

 2,649,148 

 2,977,593 

 3,149,127 

 2,512,162 

 2,889,107 

 3,100,387 



* Excluding- shell-fish, which are sold partly by number (('.^r. , oysters) and partly by weight 

 (e.y., mussels), and have no common measure except value. 



