No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



33 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 



Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cvvts. 



& 



£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



Drift-nets, 



Moray Firth. 



2,456 



724 



63 





2 



An increase in the landings of herrings fronx 

 boats coming- home for a week-end. Line- 

 fishing falling off, fishermen devoting their 

 time to herring- fishing throughout the 

 whole year. 



cod-nets, 

 and lines. 





5.3,865 

 1,037 

 60,025 



16,796 

 531 

 18,992 



1 

 1 



66 



Herrings, and 

 all kinds of 

 fish. 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 



8 

 13 



The fishermen at these creeks prosecute the 

 1 herring fishing almost exclusively, and the 

 )• majority of them are seldom at home 

 longer than to re-fit for the different fish- 

 ings as they come round. 



J 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Moray Firth. 



62,055 



21,209 



22 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and herrings. 



6 



Small-line fishing engaged in all the year 

 round. Cod-net fishing in the early 



" 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Inverness and 

 BeaulyFirths. 



4,967 

 5,660 



254 

 3,240 



876 

 36,740 



1,551 

 2,567 



122 

 2,504 



661 

 6,883 



257 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Haddocks and 



mussels. 

 Cod, haddocks, 



and flounders. 

 Haddocks and 



flounders. 

 Herrings and 



sprats. 



1 

 1 



4 



spring. 



" " " " 



Small-line fishing and mussel dredging. 



Small-linefishingcarriedon all the year round, 

 and cod-net fishing in the early spring. 



No fishing of any importance carried on at 

 this creek. 



Herring and sprat fishing is prosecuted from 

 this port during the last two and the first 

 month of the year. 







113,792 



35,497 



279 





12 





Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and small 

 lines. 



Drift and 

 seine nets, 

 small and 

 hand lines 



Small and 

 hand lines. 



CDviti nets, 



J small and 



1 h and 



Vlines, 



/'Drift nets, 

 lines, and 



1 crab creels 



Drift nets 

 and small 

 lines. 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, 

 and Morav 

 Firths. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 10 

 miles off 

 Sutors. 



Off Sutors. 



2 to 12 miles 

 E. by S. 



DornochFirth. 

 and 1 to 15 

 miles off 

 Tarbat Ness. 

 1 to 10 miles 

 E. and N.E. 



410 

 9,646 



y 3,597 

 J 



)■ 1,491 

 16 



15,160 



282 

 6,310 



1,698 



606 

 15 



8,911 



325 



86 



14 



425 



Haddocks and 

 flounders. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



f \ 

 ) Codlings and \ 

 \ haddocks. ( 



V ; 



/'Codlings,had-^ 

 ; docks, and '^^ 

 '\ plaice. ( 

 \ ) 

 Flounders. 



Mussels. 



1 



3 



Drift-net fishing for herrings at the various 

 Scottish, English, and Irish centres was 

 the chief pursuit of fishermen. Between 

 50 and 55 crews fished for sprats and small 

 herrings in Inverness and Beauly Firths 

 from October to December. 



Haddock and codling fishing by small lines 

 principally. 



i> >» >> »> 

 r M n »> • " 



)^ Fishing conducted almost exclusively by 

 ; means of small lines. 



^The majority of the men acted as hired hands 

 at herring fishing during a considerable 

 part of the year. 

 Mussels are the only fishery products. 













