of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 33 



No. II. — continued. 



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. 



1 1 

 No. of Curing Stations. | 



GENERAii Remarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Moray Firth. 



1,888 

 561 

 41,66S 



1,216 



352 

 22,011 







432 



Herrings, rod, 

 and liaddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



0 



1 



19 



An increase in quantity and value, mostly in 

 luiddoi-kM. Two steam drifters added to 

 the fleet., 



Only line fisiiinj,;- ran-ic;) on. K'esiilts some- 

 wliat siiiiilar to those of last year. Two 

 second-class niolot- Iniats a<M('d to the fleet. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Cod nets, 

 her ring 

 nets, and 

 lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Moray Firth. 



857 

 2,825 



1,856 



50,014 



1,931 

 57,483 



459 

 1,663 



768 



21,350 



1,347 

 25,593 







• 



14 



• 



16 



32 

 62 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 all other kinds 

 of fish. 



Codlings. 



1 

 2 



0 



An increase of .'i steam drifters during the 

 year. Line risliii)^'; cai-rird on at home. 



An increase of fi slcani diitfcis. Majority 

 of fishermen eniiiloscil chicils at herring 

 fishing. 



An iiw-rcasc of ;; steam drifters. Majority of 

 rishermeii cnii)loyed exclusi\'ely at herring- 

 fishing'. 



An increase of 2 steam (h'ifters. 



An increase of 8 steam drifters. Majority of 

 fisho'nien emphjyed exclusively at herring 

 fisliin^- at t!u' various ci.Miti-i's in Scotland, 

 Kugland, and Ireland. 



An increase of 1 steam drifter. Line fishing 

 carried on at home. 



Nets, lines, 



and 



creels. 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets." 



Moray Firth. 

 ,, 



Inverness 

 and Beaulv 

 Firths. 



27,415 



3,452 



3,038 



U,8 



3,605 



582 

 20,671 



13,420 



1,935 



1,914 



97 



3,118 



605 

 7,589 



41 



243 

 • 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Haddocks and 



mussels. 

 Haddocks and 



plaice. 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 



8 

 1 



3 



\ The large majority of the fishermen are 

 almost wholly dependent on th.e herring 

 1 fishing prosecuted at the chief centres, and, 

 1 owing to the outhreak of war in August, 

 1 operations were siiddenly almost com- 

 j pletely suspended witli serious financial 

 results. 



Decrease in white fish, Irat increase in mussels. 



) Conditions similar to those of Lossiemouth, 

 j Hopeman, and lUirghead. 



Successful herring and sjirat fishing;- during 

 November and December. 







58,921 



28,678 



284 









Drift nets, 

 small 

 lines, and 

 cod nets. 



Small and 

 hand lines 

 and drift 

 nets. 



Small lines 

 and hand 

 lines. 



■ 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, and 

 Moray 

 Firths. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 8 

 miles off 

 the Sutors. 



305 

 4,943 



184 

 3,974 



214 

 214 



Codlings and 

 flounders. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks; whit- 

 i n g s, and 

 plaice. 



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Fisliermen eni])loyed almost exclusi\('ly at 

 di-ift net fishing'at other ]iart- ni the Ivist 

 and West coasts. They also lai:.! the pro- 

 duct of the local sprat ami -luali herring- 

 fishing in Findhoni <listrict. Sunmier 

 earnings curtailed in conseciucnce of out- 

 break of war. 



Decreased (-ateli due to the withdrawal of 

 men to lahoui ini;' v,drk in connection with 

 - railway eonstniciion, na\al activity at 

 Cromarty, and to the mobilization of the 

 Naval Reserve at the outbreak of war. 



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