of the Fishery Board for Scotland. xxxiii 



the preceding year, 258 vessels having worked in Irish waters, as 

 against 237 in 1911, the increase in this case also being due to the 

 larger attendance of power-driven vessels, of which 249, as against 225, 

 made the voyage during the year under review, whereas the number 

 of sailing boats fell from 12 to 9. The results of their operations in 

 the sister countries is shown in the following table: — 



Statement showing the Number of Scottish Fishing Boats employed, 

 and the Quantity and Value of Herrings Landed by them, at 

 the English and Irish Fishings. 



Scottish 



Particulars of Fishing 



Particulars of Fishing 







District 



on Coasts of England. 



on Coasts of Ireland. 



Total 



Total 



to which 















Cwts. 



Value. 



Boats belong. 





















Boats. 



Cwts. 



Value. 



Boats. 



Cwts. 



Value. 













£ 







£ 





£ 



Eyemouth - 



43 



96,436 



22,008 



7 



6,356 



2,089 



102,792 



24,097 



Leith - 



18 



9,478 



9,558 



5 



1,436 



1,051 



10,914 



10.609 



Anstruther - 



122 



210,710 



67,080 









210,710 



67,080 



Montrose 



52 



7,902 



9,307 









7,902 



9,307 



Stonehaven - 



6 



1,978 



507 









1,978 



507 



Aberdeen 



45 



106,953 



29,650 









106,953 



29,650 



Peterhead - 



125 



322,350 



101,310 



9 



4,6,55 



1,330 



327,005 



102,640 



Fraserburgh 



83 



186,769 



58,270 



25 



6,076 



2,408 



192,845 



60.678 



Banff - 



101 



219,912 



66,208 



60 



36,802 



7,673 



256,714 



73,881 



Buckie 



343 



814,400 



232,914 



83 



22,750 



10,960 



837,150 



243,874 



Findhorn 



128 



283,332 



85,000 



67 



23,450 



8,040 



306,782 



93,040 



Helmsdale - 



9 



19,880 



5,616 









19,880 



5,616 



Wick - 



20 



39,974 



11,670 



2 



1,505 



257 



41,479 



11,927 



Shetland 



4 



9,299 



2,797 









9,299 



2,797 



Totals - 



1,099 



2,329,. 373 



701,895 



258 



103,030 



33,808 



2,432,403 



735,703 



It is difficult to write otherwise than in superlatives of the results 

 of the English fishing, so greatly did they transcend those of any 

 former season. It was pointed out in the Eeport for 1911 that the 

 results of that year's operations were by far the most successful of 

 the series, yet, successful as they were, they were completely dwarfed 

 by those of the season under review. The previous year's landings 

 amounted to 1,798,824 cwts., and were the second highest ever recorded, 

 having been exceeded only in 1907, when the catch was 1,892,105 cwts. 

 The quantity landed in 1912 was 2,329,373 cwts., or 30 per cent, in 

 excess of the preceding year's landings, and 23 per cent, more than 

 the previous best. The financial results are even more remarkable. 

 The value of the catch in 1911 was £549,342, a figure which consti- 

 tuted an easy record, as it represented an advance of more than 13 per 

 cent, on the previous record ; yet this figure was surpassed by no less 

 than £152,553, or nearly 28 per cent., in 1912. 



Agreeably with these results, the average earnings of the vessels 

 engaged were the highest in the history of the fishing. Over the 

 v;hole fleet they amounted to £639, as against £529 in 1911. A 

 closer analysis shows that the steamers earned on an average £769, 

 motor boats £450, and sailing boats £246, these figures exceeding 

 those of the preceding year by £102, £137, and £100 respectively, 

 and but for the fact that many boats, well satisfied with the results 

 of the season's work, returned home before the close of the fishing, the 

 difference might well have been larger. 



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