of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 29 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fishmg 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excludin'4 

 Shell Fish.) 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Picniarks. 







Cwts. 













(l)Nets and 

 lines. 



dredging. 



dredging. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



(1) 1 to 70 

 miles off. 



Esk. 



Along coast. 



1 to 50 miles 

 off. 



25,833 



149 

 5,102 



11,399 



10,750 



75 

 2,286 



6,398 



504 



1,010 



52 

 348 



944 



Mussels and 

 periwinkles. 



Herring's, cod- 

 lings, h a d • 

 docks, flat-fish, 

 and mussels. 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, lobsters 

 and crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and crabs. 



2 



3 

 2 



Slight shortage in quantity of mussels 

 gathered. 



Larg*e decrease in herring* and trawl fish 

 returns. Haddocks were very scarce dur- 

 ing the year. Increase in mussel returns. 



Creek of no note. 



Results better than in 1911 in all branches 

 except herring fishing. 



Returns of white fish ahead of previous year, 

 but fewer crabs were again taken. 







115,453 



61,847 



5,172 





8 





Lines and 

 crab 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 crab creels. 



1 to 4 miles 

 offshore, 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



25 to 90 miles 

 S.E., and 

 froml to 12 

 miles off 

 Tod Head. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



42 



1,795 



59 

 17,429 



158 

 450 



20 



757 



22 

 7,015 



64 

 126 



211 



855 



116 

 66 



11 



28 



CodUngs, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks lobsters 

 and crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, haddocks, 

 whitings, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, whit- 

 ings, and crabs. 



5 



Slight decrease in catch. 

 Silght increase in value. 



Decrease in both codlings and crabs. 



All kinds of fish landed, with the exception 

 of whiting, show a decrease. 



Decrease in codlings and crabs. 

 Decrease in catch. 







19,933 



8,004 



1,287 



5 





Lines and 

 creels. 



>> 

 >) 



Otter trawl, 

 drift nets, 

 great, 

 small, 

 and hand 

 lines. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



>> 



Off Shetland, 

 Orkney, 

 North- 

 western 

 grounds, 

 oc. iviiaa, 

 F lannan 

 Islands, 

 BarraHead, 

 West Coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Faroe, and 

 Iceland. In 

 the North 

 Sea, in 

 latitudes 55° 

 to 61'N. 



1,334 



1,861 

 485 



2033388 



624 



891 

 230 



1122627 



20 



47 

 143 



20 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 i n g s , and 

 crabs. 



Whitings, saithe, 

 codlings, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 herrings, ling, 

 saithe, whit- 

 ings, halibut, 

 lemon soles, 

 plaice, meg- 

 rims , and 

 skate. 



Herring curers, 19; tinners, 

 9 ; haddock and cod ciirers, 152. 



Decrease in quantity and value of both 

 white fish and shell-fish. 



Slight increase in quantity and value. 



All the branches of the fishing industry show 

 a slight decrease in quantity, but a con- 

 siderable increase in \'alue. Ihe latter was 

 due to the scarcity of the best kinds of fish 

 and the enhanced prices realised in con- 

 sequence. The vaUie is a record for the 

 port. 





2^037068 



1124872 



230 





180 

















