of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 41 



No. I. — continued. 



Methods 

 of 



Fisliiii<r 

 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. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remark.«i. 







Cwts. 







1 



. i 





Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 20 'miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 40 miles 

 off. 1 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



149,401 



J 



1 1.436 



1 



j 2,011 

 [ 5,438 



< 



'^g 433 



11,885 



210 

 509 



1,165 

 12 198 



• 



22 

 41 



119 



Herrings, great- 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks 



Sa i t h e and 

 haddocks. 



Principally her- 

 rings, had- 

 docks, an d 

 saithe. 



Herrings, great- 

 line fish, and 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 great-line fish. 



I: 

 1' 



1 



I 



• 1 



A Increase of about 100 per cent, in quantity 

 and 65 per cent, in value of herrings ; 



- slight increase in ciuaiitity and value of 

 haddocks ; general results of great-line 



1 fishing about same as in 1913. 



\ Herring fishing was a failure ; landings of 



1 line fish were aljouL same as in 1913 ; but 



r condition of the fishing in this section is 



j far from satisfactory. 



1 Slight improvement in hei riiigand small line 

 j fishings. 



1 Slight decrease in value, owing to lower prices 

 realised for herrings ; general results other- 

 1 wise similar to last yearns. 



Decrease both in quantity and value of her- 

 rings ; yield of small-line fishing more 

 tluin (louhlt'd ; (U'cicasc in quantity and 

 / N'aluf of cod, elc, principaiiv owing to 

 1 failure of cod net iishing ; general results 

 1 show a sligiit decrease in value as com- 

 1 pared wilh'lOKi. 







1,020,219 



319,121 



469 





100 





Nets and 

 lines. 



The Mineh. 



1 



1,676 



609 



300 



Cod, ling, eels, 

 haddocks, and 

 saithe 





Little change from the preceding year's 

 figures. 







2,491 



563 



115 



Mackerel, cod, 

 saithe, eels, 

 and loljsters. 





Decreases in the quantity and value of white 

 fish and shell fish. 







591,824 



147,737 



196 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, 

 ling, eels, 

 sciith^, 3 w cl 

 skate. 



7, 



Herrings show an increase in catch but a 

 decrease in value. Mackerel shows the 

 most notable increase, while, on the other 

 hand the landin*^*s of saithe were about 

 66 per cent, less than last year's. 





The Minch 

 and Broad- 

 bay. 



2,201 



703 



254 



Cod, haddocks, 

 eels, ling, and 

 saithe. 





Increase in white fish ; decrease in lobsters. 







2,145 



701 





Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, and 

 haddocks. 





Decrease in all kinds. 



1 



Broadbay. 



1,125 



560 



S 



1 . 



Haddocks. 





Decrease in (|uantity and value. 



