of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Kelts— 



1. 4th of February. 



2. Last week of February. 



3. About middle of March. 



4. High. 



Smolts — 



1. Moutly during May. 



2. A good average. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 None in the district. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



Tlii.s cannot be accurately given, as notes are not taken at the different 

 fisheries. 



General Question — 



It would be well to still keep in view the complicated state of the Acts of 

 Parliament referring to the Solway Firth. During the last three 

 years the Eden District Fishery Board have granted licenses to fish 

 for salmon in the Solway Firth with draft-nets about 300 yards long, 

 and in addition most of these license holders have also been granted 

 permission to fish for salmon by the lessee of the crown fiishings in said 

 Firth, in the Parish of Ruth well, in this county. The nets used by them 

 are known as whammel or hang nets, and all the fish caught in them are 

 hanged. Although licensed to fish with draft net the method adopted 

 by them is not what is usually termed draft or coble net fishing. They 

 generally carry about 600 yards of net, and when challenged by the 

 river constables they state there is no limit in the length of the nets 

 used on the aforesaid Crown fishings, which is the case. There is no 

 doubt that these nets are used in the dark tides as drift hang nets, and 

 cause a good deal of illegal fishing. 



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