of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



39 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 [.f Fishing 

 ruisucd. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliin^ 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Lauded 



(excludin!; 



Sliell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks, 



Nets, lines 

 and creels 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels, 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



1 to 10 miles 

 N.W. 



Scapa Flow 

 and inshore. 



15 to 30 miles 

 off and in- 

 shore. 



Cwts. 



795 

 16,058 



1,946 

 1,732 



377,121 



£ 



261 

 1,907 



467 



663 



104,338 



£ 



101 



1,053 



709 

 103 



219 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Cod, s ait he, 

 haddocks, and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and lobsters. 



24 



Chiefly line atid lobster fishing prosecuted. 



Formerly chief herrinj^ curin<i' station in dis- 

 trict, now totally abandoned. Local fish- 

 ermen engaged in line and lobster fishing. 



) Crofter fishermen ; lobster and hand-line 

 fishing prosecuted with fair success. 



Five crews prosecuted herring fishing from 

 Holm and Burray with fair success. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 

 Nets and 



Lines. 



Nets 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets 



lines. 

 Lines. 

 Nets 



lines. 

 Lines. 



and 



and 

 and 



and 

 and 



Inshore. 



1 to 60 miles ! 

 off. i 



y 

 J 



Inshore. ^ 

 1 to yO miles | 

 off. ^ 

 1 to 50 miles | 

 off. ; 



1 to 5 miles (' 

 off. ; 



1 to 50 niiles^ 

 off. i 

 1 to 5 miles | 

 off. 



1 to 50 miles | 

 off. y 

 Inshore. | 

 1 to 50 miles | 

 off. 



Inshore. | 



J 



^ 



1 to 40 miles I 

 off. ( 

 Inshore. J 

 I to 60 miles ^ 

 off. i 

 Inshore. }■ 

 I 



; 



13,065 



97,164 



268 



1415518 



15,804 



2,110 



2,423 



99,794 



27,489 



420,149 



4,166 



284 



493 



544 



General, but 

 principally 

 herrings and 

 great-line fish. 



Principally her- 

 rings, also 

 great-line fish 

 and haddocks. 



Principally 

 small-line fish. 



General — her- 

 rings, mackerel, 

 great-line fish, 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, great - 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, great- 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks. 



r 1 



110 



r 2 



I 2 

 ^25 



I 



< 1 

 I • 



V ■ 



An increase in quantity, but decrease in 

 value, of herrings. Increase in quantitj' 

 and value of line fish. General results 

 about same as last year. 



There was a very successful herring fishing 

 at these stations, which are next in im- 

 portance to Lerwick. Little was done at 

 great-iine fishing, but total quantity and 

 value exceed last year's figures. 

 Great decrease in both quantity and value. 

 There was no herring curing station open, 

 J and very little line fishing. 



Increase of 27 per cent, in quantity, but 

 I slight decrease in value of herrings. Im- 

 y provement in mackerel fishing. Results of 

 I local great-line fishing about same as last 

 J > ear ; fewer cod landed by Faroe vessels. 

 Decrease in quantity and value of haddocks 

 owing to stormy weather in autumn and 

 early winter. 



(General results about same as last year. In- 

 crease in quantity of herrings landed, but 

 slight decrease in value. Great-lme and 

 small-line fishings fairly successful. 



^•General decrease in quantity and value, but 

 I especially in herrings and haddocks. 



^Slight decrease in quantity and value of 

 I herrings and haddocks. 



\ Great decrease in quantity and value of 

 I herrings. Yield of great-line fishing about 

 same, but decrease of 50 per cent, in 

 I haddocks. Total value less than half of 

 / last year's. 



