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No. II. 



Fishing Creek or Station on the Scottish Coasts during the Fear 1914. 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing- 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



Genkr.^l Remarks. 



Trawl and 

 drift nets 

 and lines. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Nets, lines, 



and creels. 



The North 

 Sea and 

 West of 

 Scotland. 



Inshore. 



5 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



2 to 3() miles 

 offshore 



Inshore. 



2 to 20 miles 

 offshore. 



Inshore. 



2 to 30 miles 

 offshore. 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod, 

 plaice, and 

 lemon soles. 



Codlings and 

 haddocks 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, a n d 

 crabs. 



Codlings, and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 



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10 

 • 



. 



3 

 8 



11 



00 



The cat(!h of 66,470 crans of herrings is only 

 half that of 1913 ; the decrease was large 

 when war was declared ; trawlers landed 

 4398 crans. Decrease in trawl fish. Twenty- 

 fi\ e trawlers employed as mine sweepers. 



Line and crab fishing l>elow the average. 



Herring fishing practically closed on declaia- 

 tion of war ; very few cured. Catch 11,177 

 crans against .')0,790 in 1913. Line fishing 

 about the a\ erage. 



Four crews prosecuted the herring fishing at 

 other ports. Line and crab fishing below 

 the average. 



Line and crab fishing lielow the average.' 



!! 



Decrease in herrings. Line and crab fishing 

 about the average. Shipping of stones 

 tlie most important industrv. 



Line and crab fishing below the average. 



No herrings landed. Line and crab fishing 



about the average. 

 Herring lisliing light throughout season — 



only 4'230 crans landed. Line and crab 



fishing below the average. 

 Line and crab fishing about tiie average. 



Large decrease in herrings— fishing continued 

 as usual after war declared. 



Line and crab fishing about the average. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



1 to ;) and 12 

 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



i> 



4,127 

 104,04.'! 



432 

 108,604 



3,390 

 27,860 



221 

 31,480 



840 

 3 



880 

 1,723 



docks, c o d- 

 lings, a n d 

 crabs. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 codlings. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



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curing stopped by the war. Line fishing 

 abo\ e, cial) fishing below the a\ erage. 



Large increase in wiiuer lierring fishing. 

 Summer fishing affected In the war— con- 

 siderable decrease. Sixteen steam drifters 

 at English autunni fishing had good success. 

 Large increase in small-line fishing. 



Fifteen crews prosecuted the home and Irish 

 herring fishings. Line and crab fishing 

 about the average. 





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