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Appendices to Thirty -third Annual Report 



18 salmon and grilse ; River Ness, 146 salmon and grilse — 

 Total 654. 



This does not include the Foyers or Glen Urquhart fish, as there are no 

 numbers given for these parts of Loch Ness, 



2. Sea trout : — 



{})) As compared with previous years the numbers of sea trout were 

 much below the average for the season, both in tidal waters 

 and in the river, and as for the exact number caught by rod and 

 line in the River Ness it is impossible to get this as the ma jority 

 of anglers keep no record of their catch of sea trout. 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 28 lb. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — Caught by rod and 



line at Doclifour in the month of March. 



Protection — 



1. The assessable rental for 1914 was £3925 10s. 



2. The assessment levied \A'as 2s. per £. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 3 in number. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — The 



prosecutions were 2. One man was fined 5s. for killing bro^^^l trout 

 diirmg the annual close time, and the other man was fined £2 for taking 

 1 1 sea trout from the river by means of illegal net. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — None. 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — -Yes, 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — There is 1 fish pass built on the River 



Morriston within recent years. 



Pollutions — 



None. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its appearance this year in the month of January, and reached 



its height in February. 

 The river was free of diseased fish m March. 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was as 



follows : — 



Males. Females. 

 Kelts ....... 15 3 



Clean ....... 1 — 



The Spawning Season — 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 28th October. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November. 



3. SpawTiing not ceased when report prepared. 



4. The number of salmon and grilse seen on the spawning beds was about the 



average. The fish were kept from spawning rather longer this year 

 on account of the low state of the rivers, and latterly the rivers have 

 been in very high flood, and will probably do a good deal of damage 

 to spawning beds. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in April, 



2. As a smolt year 1914 was average. 



REPORT FROM CONON DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — 



, , ^ £ , . . ^, rit is impossible to obtain 



a Byfixedengmes m thesea accurate information 



6 By swjep net m tidal or fresh waters. ^^^^^^ j^^^^^^^ 

 (c) By rod and Ime-about 680. [ ^.^^^^^ fishings. 



