of the Fi!ihery Board for Scotland. 



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Protection— 



1. The fissessable rental for 1910 was £1638. 



2. No assessment recovered. Expenses, £125. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 2 in number, and 7 watchers in October 



and November. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Pish— 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — None. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : — None. 



Pollutions- 



1. No Pollutions. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its appearance this year in the month of November, and 



reached its height in November. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in December, 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was 2 



kelts. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 26th October. 



2 The greatest number spawned first week of November. 



3. Spawning ceased about 25th November. 



4. There was a very good show of breeding fish. The river was rather higher 



than usual from 1st November till the end of the spawning season. 

 296,000 salmon ova taken from the river and put into the hatchery have 

 hatched out very successfully. 



Smelts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in the last week of April. 



2. As a smolt year 1910 was very good, the bulk of them descending about 



the middle of May. 



There were 300,000 fry turned out of the fish hatchery into the various 

 tributaries of the river and the fish ponds. There are at present from 

 5000 to 8000 in the ponds, averaging from 2| to 5 inches long, some of 

 which have already reached the smolt stage. 



COUNTY OF SUTHERLAND— NORTH COAST (RIVERS HALLA- 



DALE, NAVER, BORGIE, KINLOCH, AND HOPE). 

 Take of Pish— 



1. An average year. 



2. The actual number of fish caught has been as follows : — 



(a) By fixed engine — 512 salmon, 1780 grilse, and 13 trout. 

 (6) By sweep net — 731 salmon, 1718 grilse, and 32 trout, 

 (c) By rod and line — 777 salmon and grilse, and 917 trout. 



3. Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show the 



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



J une. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



[ Salmon 

 By Fixed Engine -! Grilse 

 [ Trout 







2 



33 



27 

 11 

 31 



36 

 84 

 61 



2 



5 

 8 





( Salmon 

 By Sweep Net . \ Grilse 

 Trout 









39 

 6 



27 

 18 



25 



31 

 78 

 66 



3 

 4 

 3 





r Salmon 

 By Rod . . 4 & Grilse 

 (Trout 



1 



17 



2 



29 

 3 



23 

 2 



9 



12 



9 

 16 



7 

 45 



5 

 20 



