of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



27 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fisli). 



V^1lue 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels 



>» 



Creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel 



gathering. 

 Mussel 



dredging. 

 Bag nets. 



Firth of Forth. 



Firth of Fortli 

 to 240 miles 

 E. and 

 E.S.E. of 

 May Island. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles off. 



Along the 

 coast. 



St. Andrews 

 Bay to Bell 

 Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tay. 



93 

 14,568 



12,854 

 74,987 



3,032 



31 

 5,102 



21 

 251 



38 

 5,089 



4,967 

 17,268 



1,012 



10 

 2,247 



8 

 431 



6 

 23 



153 



1,646 



447 

 19 



681 

 85 



Herrings. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and codlings. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



Codlings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters and 



crabs. 

 Plaice, cod, and 

 dabs. 



Mussels. 



Whelks and 



mussels. 

 Sparlings and 



flounders. 



7 

 2 



27 



Considerable falling-off in catch. Fishing 



receives little attention. 

 Large increase in catch, due to the more 



successful winter herring fishing. 



The quantity and value of herrings landed 

 show a considerable increase. There was a 

 decided falling-off in the catch of cod, 

 ling, etc. 



Falling-off in total catch. Lobsters and 

 herrings show slight increases. 



Catch shows a falling-off. 



Increase in catch. The cod and plaice net 

 fishing was more successful. 



Falling-off. 







118,914 



35,201 



3,167 



36 





(1) Trawling 



(2) Bag nets 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



(1) Trawling 



(2) Mussel 

 dredging. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



(1) 10 to 120 

 miles from 

 Tay. 



(2) River Tay. 



Tay, St. An- 

 drews and 

 Carnoustie 

 Bays. 



Along coast. 



1 to 70 miles 

 off. 



Along coast. 



1 to 70 miles 

 off. 



(1) 5 to 80 

 miles off. 



(2) South 

 Esk. 



Along coast. 



1 to 50 miles 

 off. 



1 to GO miles 

 off. 



74,263 

 1,252 



163 



22 

 17,739 



1,080 

 429 



43,528 



4,526 

 9,874 



38,901 

 650 



56 



12 

 7,165 



576 

 166 



12,618 



131 

 1,641 



4,717 



1,298 



14 



125 



428 



343 

 126 



164 



860 



40 

 501 



847 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, whitings, 

 flat-fish, and 

 sprats. 



Plaice, dabs, 

 haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 mussels. 



Crabs and lob- 

 sters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, codlins;s, 

 crabs, and lob- 

 sters. 



Codlings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Whelks and 

 mussels. 



Herrings, had ■ 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, flat-fish, 

 and mussels. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, herr- 

 ings, and 

 crabs. 



1 

 1 



2 



2 

 3 



Increase of over £5000 in value of fish landed 

 by trawlers. Bag-net fishing much 

 improved. 



Decrease in total quantity and value of fish 

 landed. For the first time in living 

 memory there were no boats fitted out from 

 this station for the summer herring fishing. 



(^Unimportant. Fishermen chiefly employed 

 1 in salmon and lobster and crab fishings. 



Slight improvement in herring and lobster 

 fishing, but decrease in returns of line lish. 



Slight increase in total landings. 



Net and line caught fish all landed at 

 Montrose. 



Marked improvement in herring fishuig, but 

 decreasein line fishing. Increase in quantity 

 and value of trawled fish. Output of 

 mussels slightly greater. 



Unimportant. 



Decrease in herrings and codlings, but increase 

 in haddocks, plaice, and shell-fish. 



Decrease in nearly all kinds of fish landed. 

 Total value fully £1000 less than last year. 







153,138 



66,633 



4,749 





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