of the Fishery Board for Scotland. V 



Summary of Means of Capture and Results. 







Value of 



Total CM.rh. 





Number 







Year. 



of 



Boats and 









Vessels. 



Gear. 



Quantity.* 



Value. 







£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



1898 



11,576 



2,029,384 



6 558 768 



1 879 866 



1899 



11,245 



2,383,776 



5 145 076 



2 189 933 



1900 



11,275 



2,711,877 



5 369 265 



2 325 994 



1901 



11,201 



3,001,301 



6 385 170 



2,238,310 



1902 



11,097 



3,212,455 



6 866 028 



2 502 668 



1903 



11,008 



3,448,168 



6 518 808 



2 401 287 



1904 



10,891 



3,431,284 



7 947 829 



2 231 102 



1905 



10,581 



3,304,695 



7 856 310 



2 649 148 



1906 



10,554 



4,117,54^ 



7,593,369 



2,977,583 



1907 



10,365 



4,857,816 



9,018,153 



3,149,127 



1908 



10,078 



5,223,149 



8,645,252 



2,512,162 



1909 



9,889 



5,291,533 



7,423,185 



2,889,107 



1910 



9,724 



5,439,857 



8,709,655 



3,100,387 



1911 



9,543 



5,628,087 



8,511,974 



3,127,929 



1912 



9,290 



5,777,102 



8,587,106 



3,656,178 



1913 



8,991 



6,035,952 



7,828,350 



3,997,717 



1914 



8,869 



6,297,745 



7,440.321 



3,208,536 



1915 



4,653 



1,668,765 



2,319,390 



2,109,465 



* Excluding shell-nsh, which are sold partly by number (e.g., oysters) and paitly 

 by weight {e.g., mussels), and have no common measure except value. 



Changes in Means of Capture. 

 The figures for the year 1915 as to the number and value of the 

 boats, etc., engaged in the Scottish fisheries during the year, given 

 above and in Appendix A, do not include the vessels engaged in the 

 service of the country, referred to above, or unemployed on account 

 of the Admiralty restrictions of the fishing areas or the lack of crews to 

 man them. 



In regard to the steam fishing fleet there is little to record. A 

 number of steam trawlers were built, but they were very little engaged 

 in fishing, being taken over for national work as soon as possible, 

 while the building of steam drifters practically ceased. 



The installation of motor engines into the smaller boats engaged 

 in the inshore fisheries has, however, been proceeding apace with 

 undoubted advantage to all concerned, and by far the greater number 

 of the year's increase belong to this class. The number of boats 

 actually employed at the fishing is shown in Appendix A, but the total 

 increase, including boats engaged otherwise than at fishing, or unem- 

 ployed during the year, was 117. The circumstances which prevented 



