of the Fishery Board for Scotland. xxiii 



Return showing the Quantity of Herrings landed in each District in each Month of 



the Year 1914. 



• 



District. 



Jan. 



r eo. 



Mar. 



•1 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



oepii. 





"NT 



• 



jjeo. 



i OTAL. 









Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Eyemouth . 



2,975 



5,012 



1,848 



21 



14,128 



26,396 



31,944 



12,564 



2,100 









96,988 



Leith . . 



7,310 



18,218 



3,604 



422 



231 



70 



1,319 



276 



147 





5 



123 



31,725 



Anstruther . 



15,676 



41,765 



47,059 



279 



14 



505 



3,607 



3.50 







7 





109,262 



Montrose . 



100 



45 



385 



42 



178 



2,078 



11,978 



221 







31 





15,058 



Stonehaven . 









14 



679 



1,421 



1,698 



609 











4,421 



Aberdeen 



2,052 



11,845 



3,465 



1,493 



12,155 



58,611 



53,837 



15,028 



505 



357 



ieo 



15 



159,523 



Peterhead 



2,926 



2,793 



798 





77,241 



388,218 



109,849 



16,174 



112 









598,111 



Fraserburgh 



3,024 



5.498 



1,463 





33,870 



342,142 



157,731 



1,3,125 



1,232 









558,085 



Banff . . 



1,221 



1,918 



332 





952 



8,187 



5,427 



1,6.32 



14 









19,683 



Buckie . 



2,050 



4,345 



185 





186 



4,942 



7.903 



5,319 



63 









24,993 



Findhorn 



3,973 



2,870 



172 





147 



1,386 



1,575 



1,736 



166 



678 



1,263 



4,822 



18,788 



Cromarty 



28 



















56 



10 





94 



Hehnsdale . 















7 



42 



"il2 



8 







169 



Lybster . 













28 







22 









50 



Wick . . . 



52,775 



101,762 



7,340 





47,454 



148,817 



149,181 



50,558 



2,288 



147 



4 



24 



560,350 



Orkney 



20 



1,832 



137 





12,404 



142,652 



165,175 



8,050 



136 









330,406 



Shetland 



21 



14,227 



6.639 



'9.30 



24^,135 



516,628 



165,796 



1,677 



1,177 







1*995 



957,225 



Stornoway . 



214,746 



166,239 



7,793 



90 



26,862 



18,225 



51,181 



15,390 



28,178 



13,155 



14,2.35 



17,856 



573,9.50 



Barra . 



3,997 



336 



91 





28,931 



12,414 



799 



300 









70C 



47,574 



L/Och Broom 



5 181 





j7 





350 



394 



248 



1 440 



2 220 



2 904 



66 



"56 



13 076 



Loch Carron 





























and Skye . 



4,999 



1,163 



172 



69 



346 



790 



3, .506 



1,832 



6,222 



3,444 



2,445 



10.740 



35.728 



Fort- William 



31,538 



17,699 



1,568 



70 



23,965 



7,527 



638 



2,881 



7,664 



2,505 



4,343 



47,648 



148,046 



Campbeltovv'ii 



4,488 



5,300 



5,586 



5,979 



3,410 



11,305 



6,398 



4.133 



1,200 



671 



367 



992 



49,829 



Inveraray 









14 



14 



434 



1,550 



1,050 



105 



14 





35 



3,216 



Rothesay 



"so 



"46 



224 



290 



73 



202 



1,581 



1,007 



22 



52 



'iio 



14 



3,701 



Greenock 



146 



504 



938 



371 





325 



330 



2,405 



7 



10 







5,036 



Ballantrae . 



1,925 



9,306 



168 



231 



'538 



1,156 



458 



175 



371 



80 



2*922 



'818 



18,148 



TOTALS 1914 



361,251 



412.723 



89,984 



10,315 



532,263 



1,694,853 



933,716 



157,974 



54,063 



24,081 



25,968 



86,044 



4,383,235 



Totals 1913 



238,371 



289,445 



98,381 



24,536 



402,852 



1,018,081 



972,322 



1,093,298 



189,977 



40,129 



29,652 



52,277 



4,449,321 



(6) SPRATS, SPARLINGS, AND MACKEREL. 



The sprat fishing, particularly from the fishermen's point of view, 

 was highly successful during the year under review, the catch, which 

 amounted to 27,294 cwts., being more than three times, and the value, 

 which amounted to £8443, nearly five times as great as in 1913. The 

 demand for sprats in the home markets has always been limited, and 

 in recent years the fishermen have relied upon the purchases of the 

 Norwegian " sardine " tinning firms as the main outlet for their 

 catches. Last year a fair proportion of the catch was taken by 

 Norwegian buyers, but the great increase in value \yas due to the 

 scarcity of herrings in the English markets following upon the pre- 

 mature close of the East Anglian fishing, which induced so keen a 

 demand for sprats that for a time these fish were realising 42s. per 

 cran. When it is remembered that in some former years the fisher- 

 men have been glad to dispose of their catches at 3s. per cran, and even 

 less, it is clear that the season of 1914 must have been an exceptionally 

 remunerative one for those who engaged in this branch of the industry. 



The sparling or smelt is a rare fish in Scottish waters, and only 

 550 cwts., valued at £1377, were landed during the year. In 1913 

 the catch was 305 cwts., valued at £903. 



During the last two years mackerel have been very abundant in 

 Scottish waters, and the catch in 1914 shows a further increase, 

 80,204 cwts. having been landed, or 5856 cwts. more than in the 

 preceding year. The] increase in value was proportionately much 

 greater, the figures for 1914 and 1913 being respectively £15,668 



