of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



xiii 



Appendix A has been considerably curtailed, while several of the 

 others have been omitted. The usual information has, however, 

 been collected and recorded, and will be made available to any 

 inquirers specially interested, 



PART II. 



SALMON FISHERIES.' 



The total weight of salmon carried by rail and steamer in Scotland 

 during 1915 was less by 268 tons than the weight carried in the 

 previous year. A slight improvement on 1914 is noticeable in the 

 case of the west coast from Cape Wrath to the Solway, but the catch 

 on the east coast, from which the largest figures always come, is down, 

 in spite of the fact that in the extreme north of the country fishing 

 was remarkably good. 



Since 1895, which was the best year of which we have record, and the 

 year immediately succeeding it, the annual catch, so far as figures at our 

 disposal are able to show, has maintained a fairly low level. The quin- 

 quennial average for the years in which the good fishing years referred 

 to occurred amounted to 2771 tons. Since then quinquennial averages 

 have shown 2034, 1865, and 2056 tons respectively. As compared 

 with this last average, the catch for 1915 shows a decline of 348 tons. 



The whole coast line has been divided as usual into four sections, * 

 and the curves on the accompanying chart indicate the catch as 

 ascertained for each section described. 



We also give a table which shows in detail the various quinquennial 

 averages, and the details of the two last years. 





Average, 

 1894 to 1898. 



Average, 

 1899 to 1903. 



Average, 

 1904 to 1908. 



District. 



Tons. 



o 



OS 



u 



z- 



X 



- 



Tons. 



05 



6 





& 



Tons. 





00 



- 



y 



to 



fii 



aBerwick to 



Cairnbulg Point, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 cCape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



1,206 

 900 

 403 

 2G0 



18 

 17 

 7 

 3 



I 



3 



1 



2 



1 



6 

 21 

 6 



839 

 737 

 274 

 183 



i 



10 

 18 

 6 



2 

 3 

 1 

 1 



9 

 17 

 27 

 19 



8S7 

 G08 

 209 

 160 



8 

 13 

 3 

 9 



2 

 1 



3 

 3 



24 

 19 

 6 

 15 



Totals, . . . 



2,771 







~6 



2,034 



17 



1 



16 



1,S65 



15 



3 







8 



District. 



Average, 

 1909 to 1913. 



Year 1914. 



Year 1915. 





















-3 

 9 

 O 









Tons. 



X 



'Z 



a> 

 u 



z- 



i 

 ~ 



Tons. 



7. 



o 



t 

 Z" 



go 

 JB 

 - 



Tons. 



00 



VI 



2 



aBerwick to 



Cairnbulg Point, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 cCape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



1,015 

 664 

 205 

 171 



5 

 14 



2 

 13 



3 

 1 



18 

 3 

 7 

 3 



1,030 

 710 

 161 

 74 



14 

 1 



6 

 2 



1 



3 

 3 



7 

 20 

 8 



847 

 575 

 198 

 86 



9 



8 

 17 

 12' 



0 



1 



3 



25 

 24 

 10 



Totals, . . . 



2,056 



15 



1 



3 



1,976 



5 





7 



1,708 



~7 



2 



~3 



