of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



57 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of 



Fishing' 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliing 

 Grounds 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Sliell 

 Fish 



taken. 



Princijial 

 kinds of Fish 

 f^anded. 



1 



No. of Curing Stations, 



Gbnrral Rrmarrs. 







Cwts. £ 



£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



Firth of 

 Clyde. 



9,622 !• 7,558 

 2,468 1,747 

 1,782 1,322 



jo, 437 1,894 

 1,979 757 



63 a 



198 ] 

 36.1 



Herrings, cod, 

 1 whitings, and 

 1 mackerel. 



Cod and saithe. 



1 '^^ 

 ( • 



1. 



r 

 i: 



Excel. t '^t Balluiilriie, wliicli sliows a slight 

 ill)] >!'(»\'(: nu'iit. all lb(' Ay rshire creeks show 

 decreases in tlie (luantit.N landed, entirely 

 atti ibutable to tlie faihire of the herring 

 V fishing in the Clyde area. N'alnc, bowcver, 

 is again relati\ely higher, liunure and 

 .Maidens crews land the bulk of their 

 catclies at Ayr and other ports. 



J 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Lochrjan. 



Channel. 



1 i 



-20,885 11,311 

 1 714 484 



2,642-j 

 I 



' Herrings, cod, 

 eels, and skate. 



Cod a n d 

 plaice. 

 Lobsters. 



^. 

 I. 



{: 



In this section the fallii!g off in (juatitity 

 amounts to fully ;'>(' ]ier cent, more than 

 accoiMited for by lierriiigs, t here being an 

 ~ increase in most other kinds, helped by 

 j the hsnflings of 2 steam trawlers during 

 j Se])teniber and October. 



i Results at these creeks show little variation, 

 ) the quantity landed being insignificant. 



( Nets and 

 lines. 



Luce Bay. 

 " 



j- 2,329 1,454 



1 





Cod, plaice, 

 and skate. 



(■ 



\. 



1 



,-The improvement recorded last year has not 

 been maintained. The falling off, however, 

 j is not very pronounced. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 ,, 



Nets and 



mussel 



crams. 

 Nets, lines, 



and stake 



nets. 



»> 



VV i j;' t 0 \v n 

 Bay. 



Cree estuary. 



K i r k c u d- 

 hright Bay 

 and Nitii 

 estuary. 



1 1 



1 1,076 501 



r OUi ovo 



f 



1 



498^1^ 



Cod, crabs, and 

 lobsters. 



Spr.rlings and 

 mussels. 



Lobsters, wlielks, 

 and flounders. 



Flounders. 



\- 



\ 

 1: 



, A substantial increase is noticeable here, 

 chiefly in skate, other kinds are much 

 j the same as in 1913. 



]. 



1 A modt rate inipro\cment in the value of 

 shell fish, nnd the landings of mussels 

 - fairly well maintained. ! 



Trawling, 



Solway Firth. 



1,097 ' 960 

 47,990 28,443 



3,984 

 8,096 



Plaice, shrimps, 

 and skate. 



31 



Fair increases in shrimps and skate, but a , 

 considerable falling off in flounders. A 1 

 fair increase in total value. 



-' 





»6,!:'20,241 ' 2,971,210 



66,029 





905 









»7,2G7,:J28 3,7^3,3:9 



72,357 





898 





* Not including fish landed by foreign fishing vessels, for which see p. 122. 



