of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 33 



No. II. — continued. 



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. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 











Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



1 to 25 miles 

 off. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



2,985 

 2,273 



1,287 

 1,158 





Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



2 

 1 



Fishing less successful than last year. The 

 falling off was mostly in herrings. 



Only line fishing prosecuted. Results better 

 than those of last year. 







63,824 



28,065 



587 





19 





Nets and 

 lines. 



Moray Firth. 



1,3C1 



2,672 

 5,228 



65,941 



3,378 

 78,580 



609 



1,505 

 2,105 



25,089 



1,494 



30,802 



10 

 9 



3 



17 



39 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 other kinds of 

 white fish. 



Codlings. 



1 



3 

 6 



12 



The majority of the fishermen are emploj^ed 

 exclusively at herring fishing for the 

 greater part of the year at the various 

 centres in Scotland, England, and Ireland. 

 Line fishing is carried on by the older 

 fishermen, who are employed more or less 

 all the year round. 



>> >> •> 1) 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets. 



Moray Firth. 

 " 



Inverness and 

 BeaulyFirths 



42,210 

 5,975 

 6,833 

 320 

 5,519 



1,047 



29,183 



18,129 

 2,713 

 2,930 

 162 

 4,022 



739 



5,705 



12 

 231 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herrings, cod, 



and haddocks. 

 Haddocks and 



mussels. 

 Haddocks, 



codlings, and 



plaice. 

 Haddocks, 



flounders, and 



plaice. 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 



8 

 1 



4 



^ Considerable increase in landings of white 

 I fish, due chiefly to the improvement in the 

 )■ cod net fishing. Fishermen employed 

 1 mainly at herring* fishing' at the principal 

 ! stations around the coast. 



Decrease in output of mussels. 



Slight decrease in haddocks. Majority of 

 fishermen employed at herring fishing 

 at the principal stations. 



Results similar to last year's. 



Considerable decrease in quantity of herrings 

 and sprats, but only slight decrease in 

 value. 







91,087 



34,400 



243 





13 



Drift nets, 

 small lines, 

 and cod 

 nets. 



Small and 

 hand lines 

 and drift 

 nets. 



Small and 

 hand lines. 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, 

 and Moray 

 Firths. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 8 

 miles off 

 Sutors. 



Off Sutors. 



717 

 9,725 



386 

 6,202 



52 

 393 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



1 



Fishermen prosecute drift net fishing for 

 two-thirds of the year at the chief herring 

 fishing centres. A number find berths on 

 board steam vessels registered in other 

 districts. Between 40 and 50 crews fished 

 in local waters with 2nd class boats for 

 sprats and small herrings. The quantity 

 of fish landed at the port bears no relation 

 to the catching power. 



^ 



1 Operations in home waters practically con- 

 1 fined to small line fishing. The catch was 

 )• well up to the a\ erage of recent years. A 

 1 number of the able-bodied men hire them- 

 1 selves for herring fishing at the chief ports. 



