of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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The following table gives the rentals, since the year 1900, of the 

 five most important districts in Scotland : — 



Year. 



Tweed. 



Tay. 



N. Esk. 



Dee. 



Spey. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



1900 





22,548 



6,510 



18,989 





1901 . 





22,558 



6,466 



19,418 



8,608 



1902 





22,663 



6,494 



19,455 



8,146 



1903 



15,338 



22,648 



6,494 



18,393 



8,147 



1904 



15,439 



23^099 



6,494 



19,078 



7,396 



1905 



15,499 



22,675 



6,489 



19,332 



8,364 



1906 . 



15,499 



22,838 



6,485 



19,068 



8,740 



1907 . 



15,732 



23,202 



6,490 



18,940 



8,990 



1908 . 



16,093 



23,508 



6,474 



18,893 



9,243 



1909 . 



16,092 



23,715 



6,614 



18,335 



9,396 



1910 . 



16,130 



23,861 



7,620 



17,883 



9,139 



1911 . 



16,130 



23,873 



7,617 



18,005 



9,129 



1912 . 



16,050 



23,586 



7,597 



17,990 



10,304 



1913 . 



15,930 



23,584 



7,597 



18,153 



11,228 



1914 . 



15,936 



24,399 



7,745 



18,784 





1915 . 



16,104 



24,105 



7,830 



18,953 



11,226 



The Salmon Fisheries of the Solway continue in a depressed state, 

 although the catch of sea trout showed an improvement, and con- 

 ditions have arisen which in the opinion of the Annan Board seriously 

 threaten the upper Solway fisheries. The rentals of the Annan, Nith, 

 and Cree are respectively £2272, £621, and £856. The settlement of 

 the general question of the better regulation of both the English and 

 the Scottish fisheries of the Solway area has been again under con- 

 sideration, but under existing conditions it has been found impossible 

 to deal with the matter satisfactorily. 



The Fishmongers' Company of London have still further increased 

 their practice of sealing salmon which are to be put up in cold store 

 in order that they may be sold at any season. The increase in 

 the whole of the United Kingdom amounts to 29,719 fish, but so 

 far as Scotland is concerned the total has decreased, and is now 

 comparatively insignificant. As compared with the total for 1914-15, 

 the Scottish figure shows a decrease of 2270 fish, only 529 fish having 

 been sealed by the close of last open season. 



Salmon Eesearch in 1915. 



The salmon research work w T as continued during 1915, but the nets 

 were removed from the Black Isle shore to the east coast of Suther- 

 land between the mouths of the rivers Brora and Helmsdale. The 

 results were still more successful than in the previous years. We 

 were able to fish five bag nets for a considerable part of the season, 

 and were also fortunate in catching large numbers of grilse. 



