No. II. — continued. 



of the lishery Board for ScotlancL 



45 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Valuo of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluiliim 

 Shell Fish). 



V'aluc 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fisli 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



The Minch, 

 and sea 

 lochs. 



9,155 



1,635 



1,635 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



.7 



Continued increase in the number of fishing 

 craft. 







308,864 



92,361 



4,412 





76 





Lobster 

 creels. 



Inshore. 



1 319 



40 



965 1 



Lobsters. 





1 Slight decrease in the value of lobsters. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets,lines, 

 andcreels. 



1 to'20 miles 

 off. 



i 



j- 1,750 

 1 



; 



1,141 



1,649 

 15,130 



1,533 



279 



196 



313 

 5,137 



321 



( 

 1 



3,276i 

 i 



V 



246 



66 

 916 



( 



1 



Mackerel, lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, saithe, 

 flounders. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings. 



Cod and ing. 



Cod, ling, lob- 

 sters. 



2 



1 



8 



1 

 1 



1 



\ Increase of £1055 in the value of shell-fish, 

 principally lobsters. 



Creek unimportant ; slight decrease in quan- 

 tity and value. 



Decrease of 5851 cwts., principally in her- 

 rings \ value unchanged. 

 Slight increase in the quantity and value of 

 ^ white fish ; also in boats and gear. 





1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



1 



>• 127490 

 1 



J 



40,470 



1 



l,813-< 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



1 



22 



1 Decrease of 17,367 cwts. and £8773, chiefly 

 i owing to the poorer results of the earl^' 



summer herring fishing. Increase in boats 



and gear. 



) 







149,012 



46,756 



7,282 





36 





V- Lines and 

 lobster 

 j creels. 



Minch and 

 Lochinchard. 



45S 



187 



269 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 





Slight improvement in landings of white fish. 

 Decrease of £40 in value of shell fish. 





Minch, Lochs 

 Laxford and 

 Cairnbawn. 



74 



52 



834 



Lobsters. 





Increase in all kinds of fish landed. 



} 



Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Glencoiil. 



829 



290 



302 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 





Decrease in catch of white fish. Landings of 

 shell-fish decreased by half. 



} 



Minch and 

 Loch Cairn- 

 bawn. 



126 



60 



440 



Lobsters. 





Shell-fish show a decrease of £358 in value. 



