of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



47 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fish in gj 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fisli 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Ivinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General itemarks. 







Cwts. 













] 



VNets,lines, 

 1 a-id lob- 

 j ster creels. 



Minch, Loch- 

 inver, and 

 Enard Bay. 



3,856 



942 



633 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, h a d - 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



1 



Herring fishing again a failure. Inipro\'e- 

 ment in catch of other white fish. Shell- 

 fish similar to last year. 



i 



1 



) H e rring 

 1 and cod 

 J nets, lines 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Minch and 

 Loch Broom. 



1,818 



826 



1,012 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, whit- 

 ings, and lob- 

 sters. 





Decrease in quantity and value of white fish. 

 Shell-fish show an increase of £300. 





21,044 



6,782 



119 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 saithe. 



12 



Quantity and value of herrings decreased by 

 half. Value of shell-fish almost doubled. 

 Little success attended the efforts of cod 

 net fishers. 



j-Nets, 

 1 lines.and 

 ' lobster 

 creels. 



^ 



Minch, Loch 

 Broom, and 

 Little Loch 

 Broom. 



125 



54 



72 



Lobsters. 





Results slightly better than those of last year. 



1 

 1 



)-H erring- 

 1 and cod 

 ! nets, lines, 

 ^ and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Minch and 

 Loch Ewe. 



2,327| 



368 



775 

 115 



355 

 131 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



2 



Herring fishing was a failure, but landings of 

 other white fish show increases of 63s 

 cwts. in quantity and £298 in value. Shell- 

 fishing gave better results also. 



Little was done at this section owing to 

 failure of herring fishing in Lochewe. 



VHerring 

 1 and cod 

 } nets, and 

 lines. 



Minch and 

 Gairloch. 



416 



89 



1 



Haddocks. 





Little is done at fishing from this section, as 

 most of the fishermen use Badachro as 

 their port of landing. 



("Herring 

 / and cod 

 nets, lines, 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 





10,158 



2,499 



67 



Herrings, cod, 

 and saithe. 



5 



Results similar to last year's. 







41,599 



12,671 



4,235 





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