of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 35 



No. II. — continued. 



Metliods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliing 



Grounds. 



Quantity and 

 Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fisli 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General IJemarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 









\ Small and 

 >• hand 

 ) lines 



^ Lines and 

 y crab 

 j creels. 



Small lines. 



2 to 12 miles 

 E. by S. 



DornochFii th, 

 and 1 to 15 

 miles ofi 

 Tarbat Ness. 

 1 to 10 miles 

 E. by N.E. 

 from Inver. 



4,753 



3,632 

 19 



1,702 



1,421 

 11 



115 

 39 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Flounders. 

 Mussels. 



1 

 1 



Results of small-line fishing satisfactory, 

 though not equal to those of the preceding 

 year.' A number of men were absent from 

 all the creeks for a considei-able period at 

 herring fishing. 



Slight increase both in cod and haddocks. 



Of little importance as a fishing creek. Part 

 of the catch landed at Portmahomack. 



Mussels the only fishery product. Output 

 diminished within recent years. 







18,846 



9,722 



599 





3 



Lines. 



Lines ai.d 

 cod nets. 



Lines. 



Lines and 

 crab creels. 

 Nets and 

 lines. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 8 miles 

 off. 



1 to 15 miles 

 off. 



2,706 



5,958 



2,014 



10,840 

 2,067 



1,341 

 2,271 



796 



3,393 

 717 



27 

 135 



23 



252 

 50 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Cod, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



2 

 1 



1 

 4 



Decrease in plaice, but considerable increase 



in haddocks. 

 Licrease in quantity and value of line fish 



and mussels. 



Results show improvement on previous years. 



Viah. landed at this creek are carted to Helms- 

 dale and sold. 

 Returns show a considerable falling-off. 



An increase in quantity and value of fish 

 landed. 







23,585 



8,518 



487 





8 





Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab creels 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 and creels 



Lines. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



Inshore 

 grounds. 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



640 



4,494 

 1,345 



160 



1,406 

 270 



25 

 12 



Codlings, lob- 

 sters,and crabs. 



Codlings. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings. 



( ■ 



■i 1 

 1 



V 



Considerable decrease in white fish. Increase 

 in crabs. 



1 Decrease in herrings. The landings of cod 

 )■ and haddocks were, however, well main- 

 1 tained. 



) 



Slight decrease In quantity of fish landed. 







6,479 



1,836 



37 





1 





Lines 

 and creels. 



Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 0 ff , and 

 12 to 45 

 miles E. by 

 N. to E.S.E. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



Sinclair 

 Bay. 



Sinclair Bay 

 and along 

 the coast. 



552 

 617,050 



1,421 

 918 

 983 



138 

 229,506 



347 

 241 

 548 



98 



20 

 43 

 825 



Cod and crabs. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, ling, 

 and saithe. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and ciabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



55 



Little change from preceding year. 



Quantity and value of herrings landed an easy 

 record for the port. Considerable increase 

 also in cod. 



Substantial increase in white fish. Decrease 

 in shell fish. 



Little change from 1911. 



White fishing shows a slight increase. Shell 

 fishing not so successfully prosecuted owing 

 to the prevalence of unfavourable weather. 



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