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Thirty -fifth Annual Report 



Trawling has contributed to the foregoing result as follows : — 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



Cwts. £ 



1907 . . . 2,061,336 985,751 



1908 . . . 2,092,411 971,972 



1909 . . . 2,020,209 953,259 



1910 . . . 2,102,031 1,102,976 



1911 . . . 2,439,108 1,113,820 



1912 . . . 2,392,692 1,232,193 



1913 . . . 2,541,948 1,424,115 



1914 . . . 2,191,387 1,333,834 



1915 . . . 953,503 1,040,726 



1916 . . ^, 735,862 1,117,056 



The balance, as follows, has been taken by lines and by nets 

 other than trawls : — 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



Cwts. £ 



1907 . . . . 635,601 349,041 



1908 .... 824,684 379,079 



1909 .... 810,519 352,552 



1910 .... 866,567 388,363 



1911 .... 952,208 426,719 



1912 .... 939.107 434,187 



1913 .... 754,309 400,626 



1914 757,621 445,139 



1915 . . . . 586,842 544,991 



1916 .... 522,528 655,505 



Best results in trawling during the year were obtained by vessels 

 visiting Iceland, Faroe, or the grounds to the north of Shetland. 

 A number of the smaller trawlers were converted to liners for the 

 summer months, and, working principally in the North Sea, and 

 catching their own herring bait, did better than similar boats which 

 continued trawling. The trawl fleet was further reduced, part of the 

 reduction being due to sales to English ports, and the less efiQcient 

 fleet at work during the year was considerably handicapped by 

 stormy weather. 



Attention was to some extent diverted from lining by the success 

 of the herring fishing. Motor boats continue to take an increasing 

 share in line fishing of all kinds, and a number of the larger motors 

 shared in the remunerative great line fishing conducted in the North 

 Sea during the summer. Notwithstanding occasional difficulty 

 experienced in different localities in procuring bait, and loss of time 

 owing to rough weather, as well as restrictions imposed in the Naval 

 interests, the year appears to have been successful to all concerned. 

 For this the high prices were of course largely responsible. 



