of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 29 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fish'ng 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 



Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (e.icUulini; 

 Shell Fisli.) 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 









Lines and 

 crabi 

 creels. 



1 to 4 miles 

 olT. 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



64 

 2,375 



29 

 806 



216 

 725 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 





Slight increase in the value of shell-fish. 

 Decrease in quantity . 



Drift nets, 



lines, and 

 *■ crab 



creels. 

 Lines and 



crab 



creels. 



1 to 4 miles 

 ofT. 



1 to 90 miles 

 off. 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



197 

 22,817 



265 

 299 

 26,017 



69 

 6,509 



120 

 61 

 7,594 



171 

 100 



29 

 71 

 1,312 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 whitings, and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 



Haddocks and 

 whitings. 



5 

 1 



6 



All kinds of fish show an increase in quantitj' 



and value. 

 Increase in quantity and value. 



Decrease in white fish ; crabs show an in- 

 crease. 



Good increase in quantity and value. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Otter trawl, 

 great and 

 small lines, 

 cod-nets 

 and her- 

 ring drift 

 nets. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



Off Shetland, 

 Orkney 

 North- 

 western 

 grounds, 

 St. Kilda, 

 Fl a n n a n 

 Islands, 

 BarraHead, 

 West Coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Iceland, and 

 Faroe. In 

 the North 

 Sea, in 

 latitude 56° 

 to 61'. 



1,318 



1,547 

 203 



2282506 

 2285574 



534 



693 



88 



1131237 

 1132552 



55 



138 

 125 



60 

 378 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, cod, 

 herrings, ling, 

 saithe, whit- 

 ings, halibut, 

 soles, plaice, 

 and skate. 



S Herring curers, 24; tinning 

 curers, 9 ; haddock curers, 154 



Decrease in quantity and value ; slight in- 

 crease in crabs. 



Decrease in all kinds of fish landed, and crabs. 



Trawling and steam line fishings very success- 

 ful. A record year both as regards quantity 

 and value. Herring fishing showed a slight 

 increase in catch but decrease in value. 

 Cod-net fishing was not a success. Small- 

 line fishing very poor ; shows decrease in 

 all kinds of fish landed, and is a decaying 

 industry. Decrease in crabs. 



Lines. 



1 to 3 miles. 



1 to 7 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



2 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off for small 

 boats, and 

 from 20 to 

 80 miles 

 for large 

 boats. 



12 

 1,010 



317 



1,027 

 14 



4 



484 



1*45 



586 

 5 



17 



2 



1 



21 



Codlings and 

 mussels. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 flounders. 



Codlings and 

 plaice. 



Codlings. 





Little or no change at this creek. 



A slight decrease in the quantity and value 



No fish landed at this creek during the j ear. 

 A large decrease in quantity and value. 



Only hand-line fishing carried on here. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets,lines, 

 and creels. 



1,113 

 822,237 



361 

 226,318 



72 

 164 



Codlings.saithe, 

 haddocks, and 

 dabs. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 mackerel, and 

 haddocks. 



79 



A large decrease in quantity and value. 



A large increase in quantity and a slight de- 

 crease in value. Means of capture on the 

 increase. 



