of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



xxvii 



Return showing the Quantity of White-Fish landed in each District in each Month of 



the Year 1914. 



District. 



Jan 



Feb. 







Mar. 







Anril 







Mav 







June 



July. 







Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 







Dec. 



Total. 











Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 







Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Eyemouth . 



1,09C 



622 



48C 



231 



92 



81 



71 



128 



201 



1,410 



1,420 



1,342 



7,168 



Leith 



27,627 



22,397 



2»,8o3 



25,277 



29,638 



23,005 



36,632 



28,776 



28,898 



31,433 



22,629 



15,013 



340, ZUo 



Anstruther . 



2,30C 



1,070 



1,215 



1,209 



1 , 192 



567 



907 



1,483 



2,336 



2,180 



2,424 



/uo 



17,589 



Montrose 



5,12(: 



4,370 



5,062 



4,956 



5,537 



4,923 



5,017 



7,177 



9,435 



9,901 



8,261 



5,871 



75,636 



Stonehaven . 



53/ 



431 



34(: 



346 



36(j 



224 



498 



542 



1,0281 985 



yo / 



638 



6 8981 



Aberdeen 



152,907 



157,503 



255,588 



01 O f\QO 



ola.Oorf 



248,605 



zJ3,yoo 



211,156 



o9,9oy 



121.568 



119,972 



96,033 



74,065 



.0,100,400: 



Peterhead 



623 



402 



643 



434 



l,51fl 



2,797 



2,097 



774 



1,197 



1^610 



2,048 



1,302 



15,446 



Fraserburgh. 



3,275 



2,982 



1,264 



2,691 



463 



643 



447 



2,693 



2,632 



3,032 



1,642 



1,502 



23,266 



Banff 



2,344 



3,573 



2,492 



626 



322 



452 



572 



2,223 



2,729 



2,706 



1,994 



1,938 



21,971 



Buckie . 



4,088 



9,946 



9,47C 



1,537 



169 



166 



21- 



1 61 



1,259 



1,939 



1,505 



1,160 



32,212 



Findhorn 



1,134 



4,831 



9,027 



1,697 



306 



530 



1,050 



1,420 



2,065 



2,104 



1,312 



1,708 



27,184 



Cromartj^ 



1,037 



784 



815 



933 



650 



615 



660 



817 



651 



814 



658 



D/o 



9,012 



Helmsdale 



984 



1,103 



1,35E 



1,222 



434 



473 



463 



1,021 



1,145 



1,216 



1,315 



i,D04 



12,419 



Lybster 



245 



73 



109 



321 



100 



73 



95 



89 



150 



160 



240 



360 



2,015 



Wick 



2,92S 



1,242 



1,76S 



1,223 



904 



601 



1,052 



2,325 



1,384 



1,778 



709 



915 



16,825 



Orkney . 



7,245 



2,338 



1,766 



2,610 



4,255 



2,594 



666 



923 



614 



870 



2,307 



/ 33 



26,921 



Shetland 



4,801 



3,674 



8,010 



5,691 



2,547 



5,906 



10,732 



2,340 



2,138 



2,270 



2,824 



3,682 



54,615 



Stornoway . 



8,000 



4,713 



4,250 



1,274 



2,827 



6,423 



4,387 



3,700 



1,204 



1,996 



2,478 



1,128 



42,380 



Barra . 



856 



719 



349 



182 



259 



57 



109 



133 



145 



295 



210 



895 



4,209 



Loch Broom . 



720 



1,570 



4,470 



1,078 



390 



445 



352 



345 



238 



376 



342 



421 



10,747 



Loch Carron 





























and Skye . 



2,516 



1,319 



2,472 



784 



337 



323 



442 



365 



391 



455 



281 



642 



10,327 



Fort-William 



4,607 



9,877 



11,505 



1,970 



352 



336 



224 



738 



2,292 



2,377 



1,919 



485 



36,682 



Campbeltown 



75 



326 



1,794 



1,239 



174 



748 



118 



190 



328 



273 



120 



125 



5,510 



Inveraray 



67 



133 



233 



221 



8 









15 



87 



13 



55 



832 



Rothesay 



1,018 



1,275 



649 



306 



142 



" 90 



"65 



"'81 



234 



524 



689 



507 



5,580 



Greenock 



104 



98 



301 



155 



255 



264 



102 



204 



244 



382 



238 



294 



2,641 



Ballantrae . 



3,062 



3,072 



6,194 



3,477 



1,290 



1,525 



1,539 



1,703 



1,798 



1,729 



999 



872 



27,260 



Totals 1914 



239.311 



240,443 



360,516 



373. 77;-; 



31)3,133 



347,846 



279,665 



150,940 



186,319 



192,874 



155,467 



118,721 



2,949,008 



Totals 1913 



189,917 



318,970 



318,052 



427,070 



343,686 



292,392 



295,731 



247,379 



217,333 



241,542 



183,623 



220,556 



3,296,257 



{a) ROUND FISH. 



The total quantity of round fisli landed during tlie year under 

 review was 2,586,014 cwts., valued at £1,374,598, these figures repre- 

 senting a decHne in quantity of 12 per cent., and in value of 5 per cent., 

 from the returns for 1913. The quantity is the lowest recorded since 

 1909, but the value is excelled only by the record made in the preceding 

 year, and is £70,000 in advance of the previous record, which was 

 made in 1912. The decrease in quantity is spread over all the methods 

 of capture, but is most strongly marked in the trawl landings, which 

 fell from 2,316,437 cwts. to 1,984,855 cwts., a decline of 14 per cent. 

 Kelatively, the decrease in the catch by nets was almost as great, the 

 deficiency, as compared with the preceding year's catch, amounting 

 to 10,160 cwts., or 12 per cent. Line-fi.shing, on the other hand, 

 almost held its ground, the quantity credited to this method of capture 

 (526,714 cwts.) being only 1-2 per cent, less than in 1913. 



The decline in value is referable to trawl and net caught fish, as the 

 value of the line-catch, notwithstanding the falling ofi in quantity, 

 shows a substantial increase. The average prices per cwt. for trawl, 

 line, and net fish were 10s. 9d., 10s. 6d., and 8s. 6d. respectively, as 

 compared with 10s. Id., 9s. 2d., and 8s. respectively in the preceding 

 year. 



Haddocks. 



The decline which has been taking place in the catch of haddocks 

 since 1911 was accentuated during the year under review, and in this 

 case it cannot be wholly ascribed to the restrictions placed upon fish- 



