of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 37 



No. II, — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fisliing 

 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. 







Cwts. 





JG 









Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off and from 

 25 to 50 

 miles N. 

 and N.W. 



Along- the 

 coast. 



5,637 



101 



529 



1,897 



32 

 141 



329" 



164 



258 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



2 



Herring- fishing a failure both in the winter 

 and summer months. Little variation in 

 other fishings. 



Little change from last year. 



Slight decrease in crabs and lobsters. 





I 

 ) 



1,980 

 660 



438 

 127 



423 

 78 



Cod, haddocks, 

 flounders, and 

 lobsters. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 





Increase in white fish. Decrease in shell fish. 



Increase in white fish. A large boat for the 

 prosecution of the herring- fishing was 

 acquired by a crew in the locality. 





" \ 

 „ ) 



694 



184 



114 







Considerable increase in the landings of white 

 and shell fish. 





Around the 

 island. 



Along- the 

 coast. 



247 



969 

 3,079 



628,487 



66 



225 

 1,125 



171,996 



92 



54 

 302 



4,402 



Cod, haddocks, 

 flounders, and 

 lobsters. 



57 



A large proportion of the fishermen of this 

 island were employed for about seven 

 months of the year at the prosecution of 

 the herring fishing at the various impor- 

 tant centres in Scotland and England. 



Little change from last j'ear. 



White and lobster fishings w^ere pursued as 

 usual on this section of the coast, with 

 results similar to those of the previous year. 



Creels. 



Inshore. 







829 



Lobsters. 





\ Crofter fishermen; lobster fishing only prose- 

 ) cuted. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



8 to 60 miles 

 E.S.E. to 

 S.E. by S. 

 and inshore. 

 Stronsay Firth 

 and inshore. 



1,898 



529 

 279,793 



2,174 



557 

 145 

 80,439 



567 



343 

 267 

 423 



Cod and lobsters. 



Saithe and 



lobsters. 

 Herrings and 



lobsters. 



Cod. 



1 

 11 

 1 



) 



Crofter fishermen ; chiefly lobster fishing 

 ) prosecuted. 



Principal herring curing station in district, 

 and increasing rapidly in importance. 



Practically all white fish landed by trawlers 

 for curing purposes. 





Inshore. 



170 

 451 



69 

 174 



108 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 





1 Fisheries unimportant. 



)i 



Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



II 



S t r o n s a v 

 Firth. 



Inshore. 



10 to 40 miles 



S.E. and 



inshore. 



32,464 



199 



20,862 

 15,780 



8,953 



* 69 



5,269 

 4,354 



1,816 



222 

 94 



Herrings, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lobsters. 



Herrings. 



3 



3 

 3 



Local fishermen emploj'ed at line fishing- 

 through out the year. Considerable quan- 

 tity of cod landed by trawlers and Faroe 

 smacks for curing- purposes. 



\ Crofting districts, herring fishing- being grad- 

 ually abandoned as boats get worn out. 



Landings practically confined to herrings 



landed by stranger crews. 

 Crofter fishermen. Fourteen local crews 



prosecuted great summer herring fishing 



with fair success. 



