of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No, II. — continued. 



45 



Methods i 

 of j 

 Fishing- 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fish in {J 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



f^BNKKAL llKMARKS. 







Cwts. 





£ 





1 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



\ Sound of 

 ' Harris and 

 C vicinity of 

 ) islands. 



- SO 



) 



IS 



625 



Lobsters. 



• 



White fishing of no importance. Shell fisheries 

 show increase in quantity, but decrease in 

 value over previous year. 





1 The Minch 

 r in.shore. 

 j 



1 138 



26 



1,249 







Decrease in white fish. Shell fisheries show 

 decrease in value of 44 per cent, from 1913. 



„ 



Sea Lochs 



and 

 The Minch 

 inshore. 



, Skerryvore, 

 G u n n a 

 Sound, 



764 

 95 

 3,181 



205 



106 

 16 

 1,147 



81 



315 

 15 

 885 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 

 Lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, and lob- 

 sters. 



li i n g and 

 flounders. 



5 

 1 



Increase in mackerel. Shell fisheries similar 



to previous year. 

 Fisheries unimportant. 



Considerable decrease, chiefly in herrings. 

 Shell lish also show a decrease in value of 

 £312. 



The fishermen of this creek fish from Castle- 

 bay and Lochboisdale. 



•• 



C a n n a, 

 1 Stanton 



Bank, and 

 I vicinity of 

 ■' Barra. 



1 48,682 



20,695 



2,165 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



21 



. 



Herrings show a decrease of 60 per cent, in 

 quantity and 74 per cent, in value. Con- 

 siderable falling off in line fish. Decrease 

 in value of shell fish of £259. 







53,145 



22,089 



5,254 









I Nets, lines, 

 & lobster 

 J creels. 



Minch and 

 Loch In- 

 chard. 



939 



318 



292 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



1 



. ^ ^ 



Considerable decrease in quantity and value 

 o£ white fish and also shell fish. 



\ Lines and 

 1 lo b s t e r 

 creels. 



Minch, Loch 

 Inchard,and 

 Cairnbawn. 



156 



64 



475 



Lobsters and 

 saithe. 



■ 





Results similar to those of 1913. 



I 

 / 



Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Glencoul. 



673 



331 



431 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and lob- 

 sters. 





A falling oflf in white fish of 571 rwts. in 

 quantity and £247 in value. The value 

 of shell fisheries has decreased by 54 '6 per 

 cent. 



i 



1 " 



Mincn and 

 Cairnbawn. 



89 



41 



230 



Lobsters. 





Little net or line fishing done. Lobsters show 

 a decrease in value of £172. 



1 Nets, lines, 

 Tand lob- 

 1 ster creels. 



Minch, Loch- 

 inver, and 

 Enard Baj'. 



I- 

 1 



6,194 



1,379 



431 



Herrings, cod. 

 liaddocka, and 

 lobsters. 



1 



Improvement in herring fishing. Total in- 

 crease in quantity and value of white fish 

 32 per cent. and 24 '3 percent, respectively. 

 Shell fishing i-esults similar to last vear's. 



