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Ticeniy-ninth Annual Repori 



pared with 157,898 cwts. and £38,285 in 1909. 12,552 cwts., valued 

 at £4912, consisted of herrings, landed chiefly at Granton and 

 Aberdeen, those which reached the former place coming from Norway 

 and Sweden, while German trawlers accounted for the bulk of the 

 Aberdeen imports. The greater part of the remainder of the imports 

 consisted of cod, codling, haddocks, and sailhe landed at Aberdeen by 

 German trawlers from Iceland and Faroe, and by Faroese cod smacks. 

 The imports of shell-fish were valued at £2081, and consisted mainly 

 of oysters intended for consumption. 



Of cured fish imported, the greater part consisted of sardines, of 

 which 5321 cwts., valued at £16,285, were received during the year, 

 chiefly through Glasgow and Leith. 



FISH USED FEESH. 



The quantity of fish (exclusive of shell-fish) sold for use in a fresh 

 state in 1910 was 2,246,119 cwts., valued at £1,083,137, increases of 

 183,792 cwts. and £115,700 respectively on the corresponding totals 

 for 1909. Owing, however, to the gross total landings in 1910 having 

 been greater than in the previous year, the percentage disposed of 

 fresh fell from 28 to 26 per cent. 



Increases appeared in nearly all the chief classes, including herrings, 

 100,990 cwts. ; mackerel, 9706 cwts. ; cod, 42,489 cwts. ; ling, 13,630 

 cwts. ; whitings, 23,093 cwts. ; and skate, 21,664 cwts. The chief 

 decreases were in haddocks, 24,347 cwts., and plaice, 7682 cwts. The 

 values were by no means proportionately more or less in the various 

 species, the haddocks consumed fresh, for example, realising £17,036 

 more than the greater quantity disposed of in the same manner in 

 1909. 



An obvious feature of the portion of this Table (Appendix C) dealing 

 with herrings is, as pointed out last year, that insignificant portions of 

 the total landed on the East Coast and in Orkney and Shetland are 

 sold fresh — the bulk of the herrings being, of course, cured for export 

 — while on the West Coast nearly half are disposed of for immediate 

 consumption. Loch Carron and Skye district, where the facilities for 

 curing are now in abeyance, and where there was a good herring fishing 

 in 1910, accounted for about a quarter of the total sent to the fresh 

 fish markets on the West Coast during the year under review. 



As regards round fish, one of the most striking changes w^as a 

 further decrease of 64,000 cwts. in the quantity of haddocks sold for 

 consumption fresh at Aberdeen, this being due to the diminished 

 supplies and consequent high prices. The difference was largely made 

 up at Aberdeen by the increased quantities of cod and codlings, ling, 

 and whitings, which were absorbed for immediate use. At Leith 

 there was a notable increase in the landings of haddocks, and» since in 

 this district there is comparatively little curing, the extra supplies 

 were disposed of through fishmongers. 



The principal markets for fresh fish were indicated in the para- 

 graphs under this head in the Board's Eeport for 1908. 



