of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 57 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fi.sh landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 



Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 





£ 









Lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Seine net, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Seine, drift, 

 and bag- 

 nets, and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Clyde estuary. 





1.106 



4,099 

 58 



448 



1,261 

 29 



260 



6 

 37 



Codlings and 

 whitings. 



Codlings, eels, 

 ling, plaice, 

 and lobsters. 



A few lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, codlings, 

 and plaice. 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 



1 

 1 



Herring and white fishing below the average 

 of former years. 



Very little fishing. 



Herring fishing rather better this year. 

 Slight increase in quantity, but decrease 

 in value. 



No steam trawlers landed fish at this port 

 during the year. 







1.5,718 



7,273 



877 





26 





Nets and 

 lines. 



;; 



Firth of Clyde. 



\ Lochryan 

 } and off 

 Corsewall. 





7,980 



7,534 

 1,674 

 10,123 



1,*999 

 14,286 



1,926 



3,152 

 1,014 

 3,092 



*674 



4,936 



104 

 122 

 296 

 ' 21 



3,343 



^ Herrings, whit- 

 1 ings, haddocks, 

 Tmackerel, and 

 plaice. 

 General, 

 Cod and saithe 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, haddocks, 

 plaice, and 

 skate. 



8 



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^ Large increase in herrings recorded for Ayr, 

 1 while the creeks of Denure and Maidens 

 j show decreased returns. Little difference 

 J in the catch of line fish. 

 \ Decrease in quantity and value, referable 

 / chiefly to herrings. 



General decrease in quantity and value ; but 

 the cod net fishing was eminentl}' success- 

 ful in 1909. 



^ Considerable increase in quantity and value 

 r of herrings ; but the line fishing was not 

 ) prosecuted so successfully as in 1909. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Channel. 





1,181 



535 



158 



Cod, plaice, and 

 lobsters. 





Results similar to last year's. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Luce Bay. 



1 





1,767 



1,117 



238 



Cod, plaice, 

 turbot, skate, 

 and lobsters. 





General decrease in quantity and value. 



Nets and 

 shrimp 

 trawls. 



Lines and 



Stake nets. 



„ 



r Wigtown 

 Bay. 



Kirkcud- 

 bright Bay. 

 Nith 



Solway 

 Firth. 



•\ 



255 

 ' 943 



279 

 524 



490 

 445 



Sparling, cod, 

 skate, floun- 

 ders, lobsters, 

 crabs, mussels. 



Flou nders, 

 mussels, and 

 lobsters. 





General results similar to last year's ; but 

 the returns of mussels are only about half, 

 which is offset by an increased catch of 

 lobsters and flounders. 



These four creeks show an improvement, for 

 which mussels, lobsters, and unclassified 

 shell fish are accountable. 



Beam 

 trawling. 







2,534 



3,040 



2,247 



Flounders, 

 plaice. and 

 shrimps. 





Results similar to last year's. 







50,276 



20,289 



7,546 





26 









7423185 



2889107 



72,392 





992 









8709655 



3100387 



69,760 





1018 





