of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — contiimed. 



37 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishine: 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Oknrrai, Rrmarrs. 







Cwts. 





£ 





Drift nets, 

 lines, an(l 

 creels. 



Sinclair Bay 

 and along 

 the coast. 



539 

 829 



204 

 447 



89 

 781 



Ood, haddocks, • 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Drift nets, 



lines, and 



creels. 



2 to 6 miles 

 off. 



Around the 

 i.'^laiid and 

 P e n 1 1 a n d 

 Skerries. 



392 

 2,820 



118 

 847 



13 



286 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



P e n 1 1 a n d 

 Skerries 

 and along 

 the coast. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



^ 



1 323 

 1 796 



125 

 260 



"1 



282 





Nets and 

 lines. 



Ul 11 u lit- to, 



lines, and 

 creels. 



Dunnet Bay. 



2 to 9 miles 

 off and 

 along the 



coast. 



102 

 20 821 



89 

 b 3S0 



1 



486 



Cod and saithe. 



Herrin"s end 

 ling, lolKstcryi 

 and cralis. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Along the 

 coast. 

 Sandside Bay 

 and vicinity-. 



71 

 289 



21 

 74 



170 

 270 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 

 ,, 



Aloiig the 

 coast. 



1 1,019 



272 



391 1 



Cod, saithe, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Lines and 

 creels. 





157 



\ 559 

 i 



40 

 128 



98 



104/ 

 I 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Around the 



island. 

 Along the 



coast. 



209 

 326 



57 

 96 



52 

 116 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 







475 



197 



667 









582,210 



177,. 568 



4,086 



* 



Creels and 

 lines. 



Inshore. 







567 1 



Lobsters. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



8 to 60 miles 

 E. by S. to 

 S. by E. 



Inshore. 



2.59 

 861 

 2!)7,4o.5 



} 



190 



87 

 189 

 li;i,635 



57 

 68 



215 

 271 



305 



138 1 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



All over results differ very little from previous 

 year. Three small motor boats are owned 

 at this creek. 



Decrease in white fish and crabs. Total value 

 only three fourths of that for 1913. Four 

 small motor boats are owned by the fisher- 

 men of Keigs. 



The landings of white and shell fish show a 

 considerable decrease. 



Nine small motor boats are owned at this 

 island. Thiy, along with several others 

 hired from Wick, were used for the line 

 fishing. Landings of cod decreased, but 

 lobsters increased. 



Decrease of wliite fish; quantity and value 

 of sliell fish has been maintained. 



Results generally do not differ nuich from 

 those of the ])!cvious year. 



Although unimiiortant, an improvement has 

 l)L'eu effected. 



A smaller portion of the winter's calch of 

 herrings was laiKled, at- Scralister as tlie 

 weather was usually- fa \ oural)le for getting 

 to \\'ii-]':. ilencc the (lecrease in <|iinntity 

 aiifl \ aluc. At Tliiu-so .> motor boats were 

 eni])l()ye(l at line fishing. 



A sligiil decrcjisi; in lf>bslery, otherwise not 

 nuii'h change. 



Two motor boats in use here. Decrease of 

 white fish, but increase of lobsters and 

 crabs. Fishermen occasioiiaiiy landed 

 their fish at Thurso. 



l)ecre;i 

 and 



e of wlute lish ; nicrease of lobsters 

 rabs. Total \ alue about the same. 



Fishing was confined to first four months of 

 the year. In(;rease in catch of lobsters, 

 otherwise not much change. 



^ increase, accounted for by tlie landing of 

 i herrings m .lannar.y and February. 



Slight decrease in haddocks and lobsters. 



Herrings were caught, which is unusual. 

 Decrease of cod and haddocks, but increase 

 of lobsters. 



More herrings than usual were landed. De- 

 crease in cod and haddocks, shell fish and 

 total value slightly increased. 



\Most of the fishermen have crofts. Opera- 

 tions confined to lobster fishing. 



Tiiis creek is fast coming to the front as an im- 

 portant herring fishing centre. The bulk 

 of the catch is landed by stranger crews. 



j- Crofter fishermen. Fisheries unimportant. 



