No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



53 



Methods 

 of 



Kshing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding- 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



oi' 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 taken 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



Qknkral Remarks. 



Cwts. 



Drift nets 

 and lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Lochiiidaal. 



180 194 

 192 76 



591 211 



Lines. 



Lochgrruin- I 

 j art Bay. | 

 Lobster ; Around the ' 

 creels. island. 



357 



12 ' Herrings, saithe, 

 and plaice. 



22 Herrings, saithe, 

 plaice, and 

 lobsters. 



81 Herrings, plaice, 

 and lobsters. 



89 Saithe. 



19 Lobsters. 



Considerable decrease in both net and line 

 fishing-. 



Increase in catch and value of herrings, but 

 little change with regard to line fish. 



I Results of net and line fishing very similar to 

 j those of the preceding year. Improve- 

 ment shown in lobster fishing. 

 Considerable decline in catch and value. 



\ \ Returns for the year show a large decrease 

 I in the catch and value of lobsters at both 

 I / creeks. 



57,197 24,978 



Drift nets 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Lobster 



creels. 



Seine and 

 drift nets 

 and lines. 



Vicinity of 

 Luing and 

 neighbour- 

 ing islands. 



Vicinity of 

 Crinan. 



Lochkyles- 

 port. 



I 



\ Loohfyiie and 

 j Kilbrannan 

 j Sound. 



35 



4,733 



16 ! 



1,574 



4,736 1, 



210 



111 



Drift and l^pper Loch- 

 cod nets fyiie. 

 and lines, j 



48 16 



),818 : 3,418 



407 Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



224 Lobsters 

 116 ! 



202 Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, saithe, 

 and codlings. 



23 Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, and cod- 

 lin'is. 



9 Cod and cod- 

 I lings. 



I i 



I Mackerel and 

 codlings. 



Increase in catch, but decrease in value of 

 lobsters. Considerable decrease in quantity 

 and value of unclassified shell fish. 



Catch of loVisters shows little change, with 

 slight decrease in value. Coinpara,tively 

 large decrease in output of oysters. 



Quantity and value of lobsters about 50 per 

 cent, less than in 1912. Large proportion 

 of catch is landed by crews from other 

 districts. 



Herrings show decrease of 64 per cent, in 

 quantity and 60 per cent, in value. 

 Mackerel shows large increase both in 

 quantity and value. Little change in catch 

 by lines. 



Marked decrease in quantity and value of 

 herrings; considerable increase in quan- 

 tity and value of mackerel ; line fishing- 

 results practically unchanged. 



All fish sold at sea or landed at Ardrishaig. 

 Five crews fished from Lochboisdale 

 during the early summer with fair results. 



All herrings were sold at sea. Cod net and 

 line fish show decreases of about 50 per 

 cent. 



Only a few rowing boats fish from this section, 

 and the landings are of no importance. 



981 



Nets and Firth of 



lines. 



Clyde. 



I Off West 

 coast of 



! Bate. 

 Off South 

 and East 

 coasts of 



' Bute. 



2.679 1,526 



138 



736 



219 



(\ Herrings, 

 18- : eels, 

 1^: skate. 



104 I Cod. 



cod, 

 a n d 



Mackerel and 

 cod. 



Increased catch of eels, skate, and plaice was 

 more than counterbalanced by large de- 

 crease in herrings, and varying decreases 

 in all other kinds of fish. 



Compared with 355 cwts. in 1913, no herrings 

 were landed. Quantity of cod also shows 

 a falling off. 



Decrease in all kinds of fish, with the excep- 

 tion of mackerel, which shows a very slight 

 increase. 



