viii Tioenty-ninih Annual Report 



Line and Net Fishing. 





No. of Vessels. 







X Cd/I . 









V^Q 1 no 

 V OilXXxj. 



Steam. 



oaii ana 

 ivioior. 









Cwts. 



£ 



1900 



52 



5404 



757,000 



371,000 



1901 



75 



5367 



696,000 



341,000 



1902 



68 



5154 



608,700 



318,300 



1903 



91 



4884 



602,600 



315,900 



1904 



1 90 





753,700 



361,200 



1905 



164 



4593 



735,654 



348,610 



1906 



191 



4425 



688,057 



349,521 



1907 



244 



4083 



635,601 



349,041 



1908 



337 



3767 



824,684 



379,079 



1909 



411 



3634 



810,519 



352,552 



1910 



346 



3563 



866,567 



388,363 



Line and net fishing have been more successful, both in quantity 

 and value, than for some years. This appears to be due to the 

 introduction of motor propulsion to the smaller inshore line fishing, 

 and to the introduction of the method of fishing cod with nets 

 into the Moray Firth. 



Persons Employed. 

 The number of persons employed in the fisheries of Scotland and the 

 various industries subsidiary thereto in the year 1910 was 90,813. 

 Of these, 38,941 manned the fishing fleet, 17,010 were gutters and 

 packers of herrings, 14,500 were engaged in the carrying trade, and the 

 remainder were engaged in other operations connected with the fishing 

 industry. 



Whale Fishery. 



With reference to the Act of 1907 regulating the Whale Fishery in 

 Scotland, we have to report that during the year 1910 11 vessels 

 were licensed, being the same number as in the previous year ; the 

 licence fees paid into 'Exchequer amounted to £1,100; the number 

 of whales landed was 615 ; the value of all the products obtained 

 was £68,459 ; and the number of persons employed was 302, of whom 

 139 were British and the remainder foreigners (page liv). 



This is a decrease from the previous year of 115 in the number of 

 whales, of £2764 in the value of products, and of 13 in the number 

 of persons employed. Of this decrease of the persons employed, 7 

 was in the number of foreigners and 6 in British subjects. 



Eepeal of Byelaw. 



Byelaw No. 18; prohibiting seine-net fishing for herrings within 

 certain defined limits in the neighbourhood of the Ballantrae Bank, 

 Firth of Clyde, has been repealed. 



