XXVI 



Thirty-third Anntial Beport 



Table showing the Quantity of each kind of Demersal Fish landed in 

 Scotland in 1914, and the Fishing Area from which taken. 



Kind of Fish. 



North Sea. , 



Iceland 



and 

 Faroe. 



Western 

 Grounds, i 



Irish 

 Grounds. 



Mixed 

 Grounds. 



Norway. 



White 

 Sea. 



Bristol 

 Channel. 



CO 



"eS 



0 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 









443,056 



522,624 



82,054 



235 



15,759 



276 



452 



3 





Ling 



99,449 



11,516 



92,389 



2,767 



4,182 



78 



1 



2 





Task 



6,655 



4,277 



7,026 



43 



500 



2 







18 503 



Saif.hp 



175,224 



116,929 



39,214 





5,870 



3,568 



27 



47 





Hake 



23,499 



46 



2,944 



18 



1,332 



3 





2 





TT 1 H n It c 



460,256 



102,254 



36^280 



11 



10,925 



480 



3i6 





(Kin c:99 



VV llltlllgo • 



213,300 



4,200 



5,041 



1 



2,250 



95 





'3 



99,1 ^Qrt 



Tiirhnf. 



3,716 



5 



252 



3 



28 



1 







rt,\JUO 



Halibut . 



17,156 



10,382 



15,730 



1,492 



1,737 



9 



6 





46 512 



Brill '. 



ODO 





oy 



9 











'444 



Lemon Soles . 



27,738 



4,574 



863 





610 



"3 



'2 





33,790 



Plaice . 



41,967 



2,607 



8,675 



'23 



342 



7 



59 





53,680 



Dabs . 



10,532 



315 



232 





30 





5 





11,114 





20,413 



865 



164 





178 



1 







21 621 



Megrims 



16,457 



318 



569 





386 



10 







17J40 



Coriger Eels . 



6,445 



8 



20,035 



'68 



71 









26,627 



Skate . 



97,024 



4,674 



42,688 



1,369 



3,857 



■35 







149,648 



Gurnards 



5,373 



25 



1,741 





206 









7,345 



Catfish . 



19,643 



10,122 



344 





631 



'6 



48 





30,794 



Monks . 



21,624 



1,032 



641 





457 



13 







23,767 



Squids . 



158 





3 













161 



Other Kinds . 



6,936 



8,187 



8,717 



iei 



274 



"2 



"2 





24,279 



Grand Totals . 



1,716,986 



804,960 



365,671 



6,193 



49,633 



4,589 



918 



58 



2,949,008 



Percentage 1914 



58-22 



27-30 



12-40 



-21 



1-68 



-16 



-03 







Percentage 1913 



61-52 



22-54 



12-85 



•23 



1-94 



•19 



•73 







It will be observed that considerably more than half of the total 

 supply was taken from the North Sea, and nearly the whole of the 

 remainder from the Icelandic, Faroese, and Western grounds. The 

 variation in the percentages attributable to the North Sea and the 

 Icelandic and Faroese grounds as between 1913 and 1914 is explained 

 by the closing of the greater part of the North Sea to fishing operations 

 towards the close of the year, and to the discovery of a new and ex- 

 ceedingly prolific groun,d about 27 miles S.E. of Fuglo, in the Faroe 

 Islands, which the fishermen named " New Klondyke." 



The next table shows the quantity of white-fish landed in each 

 district in each month of the year, together with the totals for 1913, 

 from which it will be seen that the landings in 1914 show an advance 

 upon those of the previous year of 41,137 cwts. up to the outbreak 

 of war. 



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