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Thirty-fourth Annual Report 



of 93 Scottish steam drifters being £188G, of 56 motor vessels £1164, 

 and of 7 sail boats £560, a record for the fishing in every case. 



The following table shows the extent to which Scottish herring 

 fishermen participate from year to year in the English and Irish 

 fisheries : — 





English Fishing. 



Irish Fishing. 



Year. 































No. of 



Catch. 



Value. 



No. of 



Catch. 



Value. 





Boats. 





Boats. 









Cwts. 



£ 





Cwts. 



£ 



1900 



910 



1,050,931 



259,436 



58 



31,150 



9,490 



1901 



951 



850,941 



197,126 



104 



45,619 



15,718 



1902 



1009 



1,445,797 



356.428 



158 



35,157 



12,456 



1903 



1184 



1,166,928 



213,462 



218 



60,928 



21,967 



1904 



996 



1,575,687 



249,974 



280 



59,830 



22,035 



1905 



1207 



1,539,672 



485,278 



439 



59,646 



30,780 



1906 



1292 



1,210,236 



477,106 



307 



53,559 



35,556 



1907 



1340 



1,892,105 



338,899 



252 



47,753 



23,158 



3 908 



1221 



1,741,675 



454,230 



291 



91,528 



54,898 



1909 



1259 



1,528,628 



467,866 



346 



122,278 



36,036 



1910 



1257 



1.243,207 



456,528 



200 



153,819 



42,011 



1911 



1039 



1,798,824 



549,342 



237 



264,931 



65,339 



1912 



1099 



2,329,373 



701,895 



258 



103,030 



33,808 



1913 



1163 



2,488,183 



763,256 



159 



102,074 



40,572 



1914 



125 



112,068 



35,817 



129 



76,121 



24,066 



1915 



190 



101,649 



267,329 



27 



8,555 



25,925 



These figures are not included in the statistics already given of the 

 Scottish fisheries. Though the fish are landed by Scottish boats the 

 returns are included in the fishery statistics of the particular country 

 in which the fish are landed. 



Herring Curing. 



Owing to the shortage in the catch and the practical prohibition 

 of herring fishing on the East Coast the quantity of herrings cured 

 gutted amounted to only 60,436 barrels — the lowest figure for the past 

 hundred years. In normal years the great bulk of the catch is cured 

 for export, but in 1915 the comparatively small quantities landed were 

 mainly kippered or consumed fresh in this country, and the quantity 

 cured represents to a large extent only the surplus catch after satis- 

 fying the effective home demand. 



The tinning trade accounted for only a small proportion of the 

 catch, but the quantity converted into " reds " was practically the 

 same as during normal years. 



