No. 11. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Methods 

 of Fishing 

 pursued. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 creels. 



Nets, and 

 lines. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Inshore. 



10 to 10 miles 

 S.E. and 

 inshore. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (exchiding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Genkral Remarks. 



^ i 



Lines and \ Inshore, 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Cwts. 



15,150 5,419 1,956 , Cod and her- 

 ! rin<rs. 



45 

 13,926 



9,196 



179 



8,073 



263 i Lohsters. 



,606 



ICO 



128 



592 I 1,072 



74 

 166 



j- 4,267 I 473 

 350,682 128,559 5,530 



223 

 39 1 



Lines. Close inshore. 



Nets and 1 to 60 miles 

 lines. off. 



Lines. 

 Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines. 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Lines. 



1 to 90 miles 

 1 to 6o'miles 



1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 

 1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 

 1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



10,474 3,322 



52,564 17,324 



812 130 



1 864273 267,340 



14,525 4,474 



1,467 



Herrings. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and herrings. 



Cod and lobsters. 



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Principally her- 

 rings and great- 

 line fish. 



Chiefly hand- i . 



and small-line \ . 

 fish. 



Herrings, mac- /'9 



kerel, great- I 43 



line fish, and 1^1 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 great-line fish. 



Line fish, prin- 

 cipally saithe 

 and haddocks. 



Local fishermen employed at line fishing 

 throughout the year. A fair amount of 

 Iceland cod landed by Dutch trawlers. 

 Herrings all landed by'stranger fishermen. 



Crofting districts. Fishermen prosecute 

 herring fishing at other stations. 



Landings practically confined to herrings 

 landed by stranger boats. 



Crofter fishermen. Fourteen local crews 

 prosecuted the summer herring fishing 

 with fair results. 



Fisheries unimportant. 



Local fishermen engaged in line and lobster 

 fishing. Herrings all landed by stranger 

 crews. 



Crofter fishermen ; lobster and hand-line 

 1^ fishing prosecuted with fair success. Her- 

 I ring fishing prosecuted during sunnner 

 months from other creeks. 



I Increase in quantity and value of herrings ; 



I- slight decrease in the yield of the line 

 fisheries as compared with 1913. 



\ General decrease, principally in the value of 

 ) herrings, but there is also a decrease in 



the quantity and \ alue of line fish. 

 ) Slight decrease both in quantity and value, 

 / mostly of hand-line fish. The fishermen 



land their herrings at other stations in the 



district. 



\ Increase of nearly 30 per cent, in quanbit}', 

 j. but decrease of over 6 per cent, in the 

 j value of herrings. Decrease in quantity 

 of saithe, but all other varieties of great- 

 line fish show an increase in quantity ; and 

 there is a net increa'^e of almost 40 per 

 cent, in value of great-line fisli. The 

 small-line fishing returns show a decrease 

 of about 26 per cent, in <iuantity and 10 

 per cent, in value. 

 \ Great decrease in quantity and \ alut' of 

 J- herrings and haddocks ; landings of great- 

 I line fish about same as in 1913. 



Comparatively little fisliing is now done in 

 this division of the district ; but general 

 results were about equal to tlie pre\ ious 

 year's. 



Herrings, had- M j"! Decrease in quantity and value of herrings 

 docks, and { 1 !- retm-ns of line-caught fish about same at 

 saithe. ! l- J in 1913. 



