of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



29 



No. II. — continued. 



of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliin;? 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Vahie 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Oewrral Rbmarkb. 



(1) Nets 

 and lines. 



(2) Mussel 

 gathering- 

 Mussel 



dredjjiiig. 



(1) 1 to 80 

 miles off. 



(2) South 

 Esk. 



South Esk. 



Lines and i Along coast. 



creels. | 



Nets, lines, i 1 to 60 miles 



and creels, off. 



Cwts. 



Lines and 

 crah creels. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab 

 creels. 

 Lfnes and 

 creels. 



19,300 



128 

 1,735 



10,303 

 i 100,916 



,287 



1,255 

 G,939 



191 



870 



51 



521 



993 



.71,180 j 4,843 



1 to 4 miles 



offshore. 

 1 to 10 miles 



offshore. 

 25 to 75 miles 

 S.E.and from 

 1 to 20 miles , 

 off Tod Head.! 

 1 to 5 miles | 



offshore. ! 

 1 to 10 miles 



offshore. 



12 



6 



184 



349 



216 



062 



10,803 



5,049 



118 



2 



1 



16 



379 



131 





11,545 



5,403 



1,046 



Lines and 1 to 10 miles 

 creels. offshore. 



Otter trawl, 

 drift nets, 

 great, 

 small, and 

 hand lines. 



OffSlietland, 

 C) r k n e v. 

 North- 

 \v e s t e r n 

 ^ r o u n d s, 

 St. Kilda, 

 F 1 a n n a n 

 Isles, 

 Barra Head, 

 West coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Norwegian 

 coast, 

 Faroe, 

 Iceland. 

 In the 

 North Sea i 

 in latitudes 

 55" to 01° N. 



361 



1,7918681,175585 



284 

 488 

 183 



5 



105 

 62 



IS 



Mussels and 

 periwinkles. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, h a d- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, flat fish, 

 and mussels. 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whitings, 

 lobsters, & crabs 



Shell fish gathering chiefly. All the white 

 fish caught is landed at Montrose. 



Owing mainly to the success of line fishing, 

 the returns show an increase in both 

 quantity and value. 



Creek of no importance. 



Decrease in quantity and value of all kinds 

 of fish. 



1 j Increase in (|uantity, hut decrease in value. 

 Crah fishing was prosecuted with results 

 ! almost similar to those of 1913. 



1,173540 



190 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, lob- 

 sters, & crabs. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 whitings, and 

 crabs. 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, whit- 

 i n g s, a n d 

 crabs. 



Haddocks and 

 whitings. 

 Haddodis, whit- 

 ings, and crabs. 

 Codlings, had- 

 docks, whitings, 

 and crabs. 

 Cod, haddocks, 

 herrings, ling, 

 saithe, whit- 

 ings, halibut, 

 skate, lemon 

 soles, plaice, 

 whitches, meg- 

 rims, etc. 



Decrease in catch of both white fish and shell 

 fish. 



Increa.se in the catoh of herrings and white 

 fish, but a decrease in shell fi-sh. 



Decrease in the catch of white fish, hut slight 



increase in shell fish. 

 Increase in the catch of both white fish and 



shell fish. 



Decrease in both quantity and value of white 



fisli and shell fish. 

 Decrease in quantity and value of white fish, 



but slight increase in \alue of shell fish. 

 Slight increase in quantity an;] value of white 



fish, but decrease in shell lisli. 



It is hardly possible to give comparisons with 

 trawl fish and lierrings, owing to the out- 

 break of war, hut both show decreases. 

 There is an increase in the catch and value 

 of steam great-line lish, lint a decrease in 

 the small-line fishing in quantity and 

 value. A feature of tfie year was the ver^y 

 high prices realised for all kinds of fish, 

 particularly from August onwards. 



