of the Fislicry Board for Scotland. 



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DIFFERENT FISHERIES. 

 1. HERRING FISHERY— GENERAL. 



The herring catch of 1915 amounted to 703,096 cwts. in quantity 

 and £441,980 in value, as compared with 4,383,265 cwts. and 

 £1,339,046 in 1914. This shows a decrease of 3,680,169 cwts. and 

 £897,066 as compared with the previous year. 



The following table gives the total results of the Scottish herring 

 fishery since 1900 : — 









Average 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Price per 





Cwts. 



£ 



Cwt. 



1900 . 



. 3,520,216 



1,243,407 



V 



1901 . 



. 4,338,635 



1,061,034 



4/10f 



1902 . 



. 4,753,944 



1,360,492 



5/8J 



1903 . 



. 4,279,485 



1,244,656 



5/91 



1904 . 



. 5,432,494 



1,017,541 



3/9 



1905 . 



. 5,342,777 



1,343,080 



5/ 



1906 . 



. 4,979,848 



1,649,163 





1907 . 



. 6,253,341 



1,795,650 



5/9 



1908 . 



. 5,690,114 



1,151,644 





1909 . 



. 4,541,297 



1,569,743 



6/11 



1910 . 



. 5,687,226 



1,594,308 



5/7 



1911 . 



. 5,036,484 



1,505,334 



6/ 



1912 . 



. 5,201,300 



1,910,533 



7/4| 



1913 . 



. 4,449,323 



2,087,754 





1914 . 



. 4,383,265 



1.339,016 



6/1$ 



1915 . 



703,096 



441,980 



12/6| 



Herring fishing was restricted to an even greater extent than 

 other fishings throughout the year. Most of the fleet remaining 

 worked in the Minch and obtained wonderfully good results. Loch 

 Bracadale in January and Loch Ewe in November and December were 

 particularly productive. Operations which were developing well on a 

 reduced scale in Shetland waters were interrupted in June by an enemy 

 submarine, but were resumed under altered conditions. 



In the Firth of Clyde herring fishing was a failure for the first half 

 of the year, but thereafter increasingly good catches were taken, first 

 on the west side of the Firth and then off the North Ayrshire coast. 

 As the herrings were small, only the demand arising from war conditions 

 enabled the fishermen to dispose of their catches to advantage. 



Scottish Boats in England and Ireland. 

 A small fleet of Scottish vessels shared in a remarkably successful 

 autumn fishing off the East Anglian coast, the average gross earnings 



