of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 41 



No. II. — continued. 















tions. 





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 Sta 



General Hemarks. 







Cwis. 





£ 









Lines. 



Inshore. ^ 

 1 to 20 miles | 

 off. I. 

 Inshore. 



1 



J 



II \ 



St. 'Magnus \ 

 Bay. ; 



1 



Round the 

 island. { 



1 to 40 miles | 

 off. J 



1 to 10 miles^ 

 off. 



839 



148 





Herring- .saithe, 

 and haddocks. 



{\ 



\ 



i '. 



V 1 



1 



^-Decrease in quantity and value of herrings 

 'l landed. Line fishing shows no improve- 

 j ment. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



2,215 

 2,716 



572 

 571 



31 

 3 





(■ 



! 1 



V 



( • 



2 



^-Slight revival of herring fishing. Returns 

 j from line fishing still rather poor. 



J^Herring fishing again a failure, and 

 ! haddock fishing neglected ; but Foula 

 J fishermen did very well at cod fishing. 



Nets and 



1 to 60 miles 















lines. 



off. ^ 



61 115 





204 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 great-line fish. 



i 12 



1 1 



VGreat improvement in herring fishing ; 

 great-line and cod net fishing about same 

 as last year. Great decrease in quantity 

 and value of haddocks landed. 





W J 



1467534 



543,775 



544 





V ■ 



110 



; 



Nets and 

 lines. 



The Minch. 



1,908 

 3,415 



688 

 818 



267 

 162 



Cod, ling, and 

 eels. 





Crofting district. Boats fishing for sale 

 land their catches at Stornoway. 



>» >i >» 







298,978 



109,686 



381 



Herrings. 



35 



Excellent herring fishing, of fine quality, 

 during summer and autumn months. 





Broadhay 

 and the 

 Minch. 



2,737 



679 



310 



Haddocks. 



1 



Small craft fish locally for home consump- 

 tion. The larger-sized boats fish chiefly 

 from Stornoway. 





>> 



3,621 



1,205 



18 



Cod, ling, and 

 haddocks. 



1 





1 



Nets and 

 small lines 



Broadbay. 



2,335 



923 



5 



Haddocks. 





The larger-sized boats work from Stornoway. 

 Small craft fish in Broadbay for home 

 supplies. 



