of the, Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Name of Cruiser. 





Number of 

























" Norna." 



" Freya." 



" Minna." 



"Brenda." 



"Vigilant" 



Days at Sea, . 



Knots Steamed, . 



Trawlers Detected, 



Boats detained for \ 

 Lettering, etc. , . / 



Boats Cautioned re \ 

 Lights, etc. , . . j 



No. of Foreign Trawlers \ 

 observ^ed working in \ 

 Prohibited Areas, . j 



No. of occasions on which ^ 

 Foreign Trawlers | 

 were observed work- } 

 ing in Prohibited | 

 Areas, . . . J 



250 

 20,228 

 8 



155 

 20 



37 



58 



226 

 14,867 

 14 



131 

 1 



35 

 77 



248 

 14,582 

 0 



168 

 0 



0 

 0 



227 

 14,525 

 1 



341 



8 



7 

 8 



266 

 14,089 

 3 



52 

 50 



2 

 2 



TRAWLING IN PROHIBITED AREAS PREVENTION ACT, 



1909. 



Reference is made above to the number of foreign trawlers observed 

 working in prohibited areas, and some further statistics bearing on 

 the matter may be of interest. 



By the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act of 1889, it was declared to be 

 illegal to land or sell in Scotland any fish taken by trawlers in 

 prohibited areas, and in 1909 the prohibition was extended to the 

 whole of the United Kingdom by the Trawling in Prohibited Areas 

 Prevention Act of that year. 



The Moray Firth is the largest and most important area around 

 Scotland coming within the operation of the Act, and the following 

 table gives (1) particulars of the number of different foreign 

 trawlers reported as having been observed working in the Firth, and 

 (2) the number of separate occasions on which those trawlers were 

 observed, for the last five years ending 19th October : — 



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