xxxvi 



Thirty-third Annual Report 



Summary Showing Catch and Value of Shell-fish during 

 PAST Ten Years. — The following table shows the quantity and value 

 of the different kinds of shell-fish landed in Scotland since 1905, 

 inclusive : — 



Oysters. 



Year. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 



lOO's. 



2,180 



3,890 

 10,203 



9,424 

 12,270 



8,771 

 11.540 

 13,278 

 13,161 



7,049 



A^alue 

 £. 



865 

 1,568 

 3,456 

 3,411 

 4,414 

 3,473 

 4,075 

 4,069 

 4,757 

 2,720 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



7/11 



8/ 



6/9 



7/3 



7/2 



7/11 



7/1 



7/ 



7/3 



7/9 



Mussels. 



Cvvts. 



Value 

 £. 



102,927 

 128,486 

 126.453 

 121,161 

 109,529 

 98,817 

 103,217 

 99,754 

 78,576 

 96,655 



6,065 

 7,222 

 6,334 

 5,529 

 4,881 

 4,576 

 5,066 

 5,334 

 4,371 

 5,202 



Price 

 T)er 

 Cwt. 



1/4 



1/2 



1/2 

 /II 

 /II 

 /II 



1/ 



1/1 



1/1 



1/1 



Clams. 



Cwts. 



7,848 

 7,391 

 7,197 

 8,633 

 7,404 

 9,947 

 10,261 

 8,300 

 6,853 

 7,352 



Value 



1,129 

 1,083 

 953 

 1,264 

 1,143 

 1,501 

 1,536 

 1,236 

 1,024 

 1,093 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



2/10 



2/11 



2/8 



2/11 



3/1 



3/ 



3/ 



3/ 



3/ 



3/ 



Year. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 



Lobsters. 



lOO's. 



7,603 

 7,316 

 7,149 

 6,890 

 7,122 

 6,977 

 6,420 

 6,466 

 6,811 

 6,776 



Value 

 £. 



36,317 

 35,957 

 34,950 

 33,748 

 33,857 

 34,795 

 32,101 

 32,177 

 36,775 

 31,934 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



95/6 



98/4 



97/9 



98/ 



91/1 



99/9 



100/ 

 99/6 



108/ 

 94/3 



Crabs. 



lOO's 



19,903 

 30,916 

 22,176 

 27,367 

 26,340 

 22,071 

 23,573 

 21,301 

 22,139 

 18,919 



Value 

 £. 



11,675 

 13,182 

 13,774 

 10,515 

 15,582 

 13,831 

 14,050 

 13,704 

 14,170 

 12,468 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



11/9 



12/7 



12/5 



12/1 



11/10 



12/0 



12/5 



12/10 



12/10 



13/2 



Unclassified Shell-fish. 



Cwts. 



54,220 

 45,594 

 44,749 

 49,203 

 45,720 

 4(5,540 

 40,044 

 40,528 

 41,074 

 36,851 



Value 

 £. 



14,011 

 13,310 

 12,737 

 13,595 

 12,515 

 11,684 

 9,927 

 10,474 

 11,260 

 11,612 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



5/6 



5/10 



5/8 



5/6 



5/6 



5/ 



4/11 



5/2 



5/6 



6/4 



Total 

 Value. 



70,662 

 72,322 

 72,204 

 74,062 

 72,392 

 69,760 

 67,355 

 67,594 

 72,357 

 65,029 



Operations of Scottish Fishermen at English and Irish 

 Herring Fishings. 



The English herring fishing of 1914, as was only to be expected in 

 the prevailing circumstances, was reduced to a mere shadow of its 

 usual self, and only 125 vessels left Scotland to participate in it, as 

 compared with 1163 in 1913, while their stay was of short duration. 

 The Irish fishing also did not attract so many fishermen as in the 

 previous year, only 129 vessels having proceeded to Irish waters as 

 compared with 159 in 1913. The results of the operations of the two 

 fleets are shown in the following table : — 



[Table. 



