of the. Fishery board for Scotland. 41 



No. II. — continued. 

















tions. 





Methods 

 of Fisliiiig 

 rmsued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 





Qnaiitil V and 



\-aliH' of 

 Fisli r.aiidcd 



(fxcdudinf; 



SlRdl Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Sliell 

 Flsli 

 'I'aken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Curing Stal 



General Pemiirks. 



































c 











Cwis. 





£ 









Lines. 



Inshore. ^ 













fi 







)t 1 



1 



1 



443 



72 





Saithe and 

 haddocks. 



1 '. 



K 1 

 f ■ 



1 



1 



) No herring fishing, and other branches show 

 1 decreases. General results perhaps the 

 ) poorest on record. 



1 



lines. 



>• 



1 to 40 miles i 

 off. J 

 St. Magnus^ 

 Bay. 



1,134 



248 



49 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and a 

 few great-line 

 fish. 



•< • 



1 3 



f 1 



i- 



) Decrease in quantity and value of herrings 

 j find hflr(icloclts, Toteil vciliiG only ci (jvitirt'Cr 

 J of last year's. 



1 



1 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Round the 



island. 

 1 to 40 miles 



off. J 

 1 to 50 miles^ 



off. 



>■ 



2,880 



715 



4 





i 1 



1 ^ 



( 1 



1 



1 



> Decrease in quantity and value of herrings 

 j and haddocks. Yield of great-line fishing 

 about same as last year. 



J 

 \ 







- 



47,146 

 1697752 



14,432 

 495,307 



17.3 

 510 



General, but 

 chiefly herrings 

 [and haddocks. 



1 • 



< • 



11 



2 



V • 



134 



1 



Increase in quantity and value of herrings. 



j Decrease in landings of cod, none being im- 

 ported from Faroe. Decrease in quantity 

 and value of haddocks, owing to bad 

 weather. Total value rather greater than 



J last year. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



The Minch 

 and sea 

 lochs. 





1,954 

 2 405 



636 

 455 



246 

 209 



Cod, ling, and 

 eels. 



1 



Decrease in the quantity of fish landed 

 locally. 





The Minch. 





227,835 



69,227 



520 



Herrings chiefly. 



46 



Considerable decrease in herrings. 





B r 0 a d b a y 

 and the 

 Minch. 





7,425 



2,337 



170 



Ling and had- 

 docks 



1 



The number of the largest size of fishing boats 

 hailing from this section is decreasing. 









7,426 



2,712 



62 



Cod and Ung. 



2 



A welcome improvement in the catch of fish 

 in this locality is observable. 



