AUG 8 1917 



THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE EIGHT HONOURABLE 



ROBEET MUNRO, K.C., M.P, 

 His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



FisHEKY Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, l^ih June 1917. 



Sir,— 



In terms of the Act 45 and 46 Vict., c. 78, we, the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland, have the honour to present this, our Thirty-fifth Annual 

 Report, being for the year 1916 : — 



PART I.-GEKERAL STATEMENT. 



The course of the fishing industry in Scotland during the year 

 was such as might have been anticipated from a continuance of the 

 conditions of the previous year. The most prominent of these 

 were (1) the cutting off of the foreign market, (2) the restriction 

 of the fishing area (from more than one cause), and (3) the diversion 

 of the best vessels and the most efficient fishermen to the defence 

 of the country. 



All these conditions continued throughout 1916 with but slight 

 variations, so that, under the circumstances, the results may upon 

 the whole be considered satisfactory. 



The quantity of sea fish landed in Scotland during 1916 

 amounted to 3,412,030 cwts. of the value, including shell-fish, of 

 £3,206,550. This shows an increase of 1,092,640 cwts. in quantity 

 and of £1,097,085 in value. The increase in quantity is wholly, and 

 the increase in value mainly, due to the more extensive area within 

 which herring fishing was permitted. 



This result was obtained through the agency of 4650 fishing 

 vessels manned by crews numbering 14,392. 



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