of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 43 



No. II. — continued. 















CO 





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. 



of Curing Statior 



General Rb.marks. 















d 





f 





Cwts. 













Lines. 



The Minch 

 and off the 

 Butt of 

 Lewis. 



2,946 



884 





Cod and ling. 



. 



Considerable decrease in quantity and value. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



West side 

 of the is- 

 land. 



797 



204 



135 



Cod, ling, and 

 saithe. 





Decrease in quantity of wliite fish, but 

 relative increase in value. Lolister fishinL;- 

 was not so remunerative as last year. 





Loch r oag 

 and off 

 Lochroag. 



12,591 



3,446 



140 



Cod, ling, tusk, 

 saithe, h a d- 

 docks, eels, 

 and skate. 



2 



General decrease in white and shell fish. 







1,183 



264 



340 



Ling and lob- 

 sters. 



1 



General decrease in white fish and shell fish. 



Lines. 





640 



186 



6 



Ling and had- 

 docks. 



2 



General decrease. 



Nets and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



The Minch 

 a n (i Sea 

 Lochs. 



987 



245 



610 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



1 



General decrease. 







4,639 



1,264 



635 



Herrings, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



4 



General decrease. 



• 



' Nets, lines, 

 1 and creels. 





4,520 

 1 629,765 



710 



1,002 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



3 



Decrease occurred principally in herrings. 









158,076 



3,746 





86 





1 1 



1 



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