of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



No. II.— continued. 



37 



Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks 



Lines, 

 and creels. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 hand lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



Near the 

 Pe n 1 1 a n d 

 Skerries. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



2 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



Alon«' the 

 coast. 

 SandsideBay. 



Along the 

 coast. 



Around the 



island. 

 Along the 



coast. 



Cwts. 

 777 



5,926 



508 



57 

 4,546 



115 

 473 



2,088 



1,040 



404 

 740 



2,811 



641,765 



£ 



194 

 1,250 



203 



29 

 1,701 



30 

 119 



517 



280 



109 

 148 



810 



236,541 



27 

 178 



79^ 



589 



124 



283 



347^1 



. ; 



80 



68 

 1,063 

 4,327 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and saithe. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, haddocks, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 flounders, and 

 lobsters. 



Increase in cod. Decrease in lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Satisfactory increase in cod. Decrease in 

 lobsters. 



Little change in white fish. Decrease of 

 nearly 50 per cent, in lobsters and 

 (•rabs. 



Decrease in cod and shell fisheries. 



These creeks are of little importance. The 

 total landings are under those of 1911. 



Increase in herrings, white fish, lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



Little change from 1911. 

 Decrease in cod and lobsters. 



Decrease in all classes of white and shell fish. 



Fishing operations to some extent neglected 

 at these creeks during the past two years. 



In this locality fishing is declijiing. Fisher- 

 men are chiefly employed at the herring- 

 fishing, as hired hands on East Coast craft. 



Results similar to those of 1911. 



Fishermen are not now prosecuting the fish- 

 ing so vigorously at home. Decrease in 

 haddocks. 



Increase in white fish and lobsters, par- 

 ticularly the latter. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Inshore. 



8 to 60 miles 

 E.S.E. to 

 S.E. by S. 

 Stronsay Firth 

 and inshore. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



10 to 40 miles 

 S.E. and 

 i»6hore. 



1,101 



394 

 435,032 



85 



641 

 48,632 



4,453 

 374 



310 

 37 



275 

 18,324 



502 j 



367 



285 

 259 



73 

 1,142 



Lobsters. 



and 



lob- 



Lobsters 



herrings. 

 Cod and 



sters. 

 Lobsters. 

 Herrings and 



lobsters. 



Cod. 



Lobsters and cod 



Crofter fishermen; lobster fishing chiefly 

 prosecuted. 



Herrings were all landed by stranger fisher- 

 men. 



Crofter fishermen ; chiefly lobster fishing- 

 prosecuted. 



Principal herring curing station in district, 

 and increasing rapidly in importance. 



Practically all white fish landed by trawlers 

 for curing purposes. 



Herrings 

 cod. 



and 



226 



101 



Lobsters and cod 



> Fisheries unimportant. 



Local fishermen employed at line fishing 

 throughout the year. ' Considerable quan- 

 tities of cod landed by trawlers and Earoe 

 smacks for curing puri^ises. Herrings all 

 landed by stranger ti^h-jmicn. 



Crofting districts. Fi.^lurmen prosecute 

 herring lishiug at other creeks. 



