oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. , 35 



No. II. — continued. 



Metliods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



1 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value (.f 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



G?;NaHAL Rkm>rk8. 



Small and 

 hand 

 lines. 



Lines (Xnd 

 crab creels 

 and drift 

 nets. 



Small lines 

 and drift 



nets. 



„ 



2 to 12 miles 

 E. by S. of 

 Balintore. 



Dornoch Firth 

 and 1 to 15 

 miles off 

 Tarbat Ness. 

 1 to 10 miles 

 E. by N.E. 

 from Inver. 



Cwts. 



1 



V2,133 



- 



j- 1,677 

 48 



9,100 



1,286 



854 



25 



6,323 



£ 



( 



\ 



29 

 594 



Codlings and 

 haddoelcs. 



Codlin*^^s had* 

 docks, plaice, 

 crabs, and lob- 

 sters. 



Flounders and 

 plaice. 



Mussels. 



1: 



1 



4 



\ The local catch is similar to that of the pic- 

 j ceding year. Earnings of hired men at 

 1^ summer herring fishing were considerably 

 r less, owing to outbreak of war. That 

 j factor affected the liired men at all the 

 ) creeks. 



i 1 )(_'f'ron.sp ill (^titdi of hiX(l(l()<'l\r^. Ijt*ss Rttoii" 

 1 tion than usual paid to fisliing ; labouring 

 j work at railway construction, etc. , offering 

 / better renuuieration. 

 Part of the catch was landed at Portma- 



homack. A tew fisiieriuen wrought as 



labourers and na\ vies for a considerable 



part of the year. 

 Mussels the only fishery product. These 



beds have been neglected in recent years. 



During the autumn a few calls were made 



by small l)oats. 



Lines. 



Lines and 

 cod nets. 

 Lines. 



1) 



Lines and 



crab 



creels. 

 Lines. 



2 to 5 miles 

 oflf. 



I 



1 to s'miles 

 off. 



1,166 



3,719 

 1,169 



5,130 



1,404 



12,588 



745 



1,695 

 562 



2,325 



614 



5,941 



56 



104 



42S 

 115 



■ " 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and plaice. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



• 



1 

 1 



■-> 

 "... 



The returns of fish landed show a falling 

 off, due to many of the fishermen having 

 been employed in the early months of 

 the year as labourers at the Admiralty 

 works, Cromarty, and in the Navy since 



Slightl.N iniproN ed results at this creek. 



Falling off in quantity and value of fish 



landed. 

 Unimportant creek. 



A decrease in value of haddocks, which is 



more than made up by an increase in 



\-alue of cod and shell fish. 

 Considerable decrease in quantity and value 



of white fish ; slight increase in value of 



shell fish. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab creels. 

 Drift nets 



and lines. 

 Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab creels. 

 Drift nets 



and lines. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



Inshore 

 grounds. 



1 to 0 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



302 



1 1,188 



517 

 2,067 



95 



417 



92 

 604 



43 

 20 1 



63 



Codlings, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 herrings. 



Codlings. 



• 



1 



Decrease in white fish and lobsters ; slight in- 

 crease in crabs. 



"\ Considerable decrease in quantity and value, 

 1 as neither in winter nor sunnner was 



there any herring fishing, while white fish 

 1 were scar(^e, and operations were greatly 



interrupted by unfav ourable weather. 

 Considerable decrease both in quantity and 



value. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Drift nets, 

 1 lines, and 

 creels. 



1 



1 



1 to 4 miles 

 j off. 



1 1 to 4 miles 

 1 off, 20 to 40 

 miles E. to 

 E. by N., 60 

 to 80 miles 

 i E.,&27to35 

 1 miles E. by 8. 

 j to E.S.E. 

 1 1 to 8 miles 

 off. 



375 

 551,655 



453 



100 

 163,960 



1 



153 



54 

 93 



i 



! 



Cod and crabs. 



Herrings, mack- 

 erel, cod, ling, 

 and saithe. 



1 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



60 



Results somewhat similar to those of the 

 previous year. 



The winter herring fishing was the most pros- 

 perous ever experienced in this district. ] 

 Although considerably interrupted in 

 August, the summer herring fishing was 

 prosecuted with fair success. Nine steam i 

 drifters were added to the fleet, and 10 of i 

 the first-class boats were equipped with 

 motor engines. 



Decrease of white fish ; shell fish increased. 

 Little difference in total value. One small 

 motor boat is used for line fishing. 



