No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



27 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding' 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Firth of Forth 



Nets, lines 

 and creels 



Creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel- 

 gatherin;^ 



Mussel- 

 dredging. 



Bag nets. 



(1) Trawling 



("2) Bag nets 

 Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Firth of Forth 

 to 240 miles 

 E. and 

 E.S.E. of 

 May Island. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles off. 



Along the 

 coast. 



St. Andrews 

 Bay to Bell 

 Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tay. 



(1)5 to 80 miles 

 off. 



(2) River Tay. 

 Tay, and ad- 

 jacent bays. 

 Along coast. 



1 to 70 miles 



Along coast. 



Cwts. 

 1,671 



125 

 3,305 



167 

 23,662 



10,287 



49,270 



4,752 



50 

 3,979 



35 

 202 



97,505 



£ 

 1,056 



1,895 



72 

 8,050 



5,036 



16,183 



20 

 2,279 



345 



52,934 



953 

 128 

 56 

 17,330 



1,248 

 321 



36,866 



32,175 



629 

 52 

 30 

 8,614 



682 

 156 



33 Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 codlings. 



Codlings and 

 plaice. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, 

 plaice, and 

 codlings. 

 32 Herrings, cod, 

 and codlings. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 codlings. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and codlings. 



1,901 



474 

 106 



607 



1,345 

 18 

 82 

 431 



314 

 115 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Crabs and lob- 

 sters. 



Plaice and cod- 

 lings. 



Mussels. 



Sparlings and 

 flounders. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, whitings, 

 flat-fish. 



Flat - fish and 

 mussels. 

 Codli ngs and 

 dabs. 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod 

 lings, had 

 docks, lob 

 sters and crabs, 



Codlings, lob 

 sters and crabs, 



The fishing continues to fall off at this station, 

 the catch being only about half that of 

 the previous year. Persons who were 

 formerlj' engaged at fishing are now em- 

 ployed at the coal pits. 



Unimportant as fishing stations. Catch 

 shows a decrease. 



An increase in catch. Herrings and had- 

 docks show a failing-off, but there was a 

 considerable increase in the quantity of 

 codlings and plaice landed. 



Very little fishing carried on. Decrease in 

 catch. 



Considerable increase in the catch of 

 herrings. Line fishing received less 

 attention, and the catch of cod, etc., 

 shows a falling-off. 



Large falling-off in catch. During the winter 

 season a number of crews belonging to 

 this station landed their catches at Ans- 

 truther. Line fishing was less pro- 

 ductive. 



A falling-off in the quantity of fish landed, 

 but an increase in value. Compared with 

 the previous year, better prices wei-e re- 

 ceived for herrings during the winter 

 season. Great-line fishing showed slightly 

 better results. 



Increase in catch and value. During the last 

 few months of the year, small-line fishing 

 was attended by very satisfactory results. 

 Crabs and lobsters show a slight falling-off. 



Catch about the same as last year's. 



Falling-off in catch. Plaice show a sub- 

 stantial increase, but the catch of codlings, 

 haddocks, and dabs was considerably less. 



Continues to fall off. 



Decrease. 



Slight increase in catch. 



Sprat fishing was a complete failure, and 

 the returns relating to trawlers show 

 decreases. 



Decrease due to failure of herring fishing. 

 Onlj' crab and lobster fishing carried on here. 



Decrease in returns owing to failure of herr- 

 ing fishing. Codlings more plentiful, but 

 haddocks about the same as in 1911. 



Decrease in returns, but creek is not impor- 

 tant. 



Returns almost the same as in 1911. 



