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Thirty-first Annual Report 



The foregoing figures are not included in the statistics already given 

 of the Scottish fisheries. Thouo^h 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. 



As an evidence of the enterprise of the Scottish fishermen, it may be 

 stated in tliis connection that the proportion of the total herring 

 catch of England and Ireland during 1912 landed in those countries 

 by Scottish fishermen amounted to 43 per cent, and 28 per cent, 

 respectively, while in the previous year in Ireland it amounted to 46 

 per cent. 



Cubed Herrings Exported. 



The total export of cured herrings for 1912 was 1,538,349 barrels, 

 being an increase from 1911 of 30,227 barrels (Appendix E, p. 132)» 

 The principal market is on the Continent of Europe. The greater part 

 of the export goes to the two countries of Germany and Eussia. The 

 following is the rate of export to each since 1899 : — 



Yeae, 



"To Germany. 



To Russia. 





Barrels. 



Barrels. 



1899 . 



714,230 



166,873 



i 1900 . 



769,126 



172,462 



1901 . 



998,240 



233,129 



1902 . 



1,049,502 



292,987 



1903 . 



794,711 



303,202 



1904 . 



1,095,683 



384,443 



1905 . 



1,057,315 



430,554 



1906 . 



1,025,886 



424,200 



1907 . 



1,186,100 



627,100 



1908 . 



1,001,645 



616,497 



1909 . 



786,682 



574,307 



1910 . 



982,361 



732,345 



1911 . 



794,219 



655,814 



1912 . 



719,013 



750,187 



* From 40 to 50 per cent, of the total quantity of herrings exported to Germany is sent 

 over the frontier to Russia. 



2, WHITE FISH FISHING. 



After the herring fishery, the next most important branch of the 

 industry in Scotland is the white-fish fishino-. This fishing is carried 

 on by means of three classes of vessels and three methods of fishing — 

 the vessels diSerentiated by their methods of propulsion (steam, motor, 

 or sails and oars), and the methods of fishing, whether by trawls, 



