of the Ushery Board for Scotland. 45 



No. II. — continued. 



Metliods 

 of Fishing 



J. Ill oUCU . 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds, 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



c 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish p 



c 



c 



c 



0 



General Ilcniarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 







Nets, lines, 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



^ Sound of 

 1 Harris and 

 r vicinit3' 

 ) of islands. 



231 



59 



691 



Lobsters. 



Slight improveme nt in landings of white fish 

 Lobster fishing compares favourably with 

 the pre\ ious year. 





(The Minch, 

 j inshore. 



1,817 



355 



1,799 





Slight decrease in both white fish and shell 

 fish. 





The Minch 

 and sea lochs. 



1 Skerrvvore, 

 ' Coll Bank, 

 ( and vicin- 

 1 ityof 

 ) Barra. 



4C2 

 211 



9,266 

 335 



i-6S,677 



07 

 94 



4,577 

 114 



32,.565 



403 

 52 



757 

 2,440 



Mackerel and 



lobsters. 

 Herrings and 



lobsters. 



Cod and ling. 



^ 

 ] 



hrierrings, cod, 2 

 1 ling, saithe, 

 J and lobsters. 



Returns similar to the previous year's. 



Decrease in Quantit^^ and \'alue of herrings 

 landed. Lobster fishing similar to that of 

 1911 



1 Decline in quantity and value of fish landed. 

 1 The fishermen of this island generally fish 

 ^ from Castlebay. 



1 1. 



0 f Decrease of 43 per cent, in quantity and 14 

 1 per cent, in value of herrings landed. In- 

 J crease in cod and ling. Shell fisheries 

 — show an increase of 34 per cent, in value. 

 0 







80,999 



37,831 



6,142 



3 



[Lines and 

 { lobster 

 1 creels. 



Minch and 

 Loch Inchard. 



406 



167 



316 



Cod, haddocks 

 and lobsters. 



Slight decrease in landings of white fish and 

 value of shell-fish. 



} 



Minch, Loch 

 Inchard and 

 Cairnbawn. 



13.5 



70 



457 



Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



Very little done at line fishing. A further 

 decrease in value of shell fish. 



} •■ 



Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Glencoul. 



1,907 



939 



575 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



The quantity and value of white fish again 

 show increases. The value of shell fish 

 increased by £89. 



1 



Minch and 

 Cairnbawn. 



311 



125 



590 



Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



Marked increase in quantity and value of 

 white fish, while the value of shell fish is 

 double that of last year. 



i 



>-Nets,lines, 

 1 and lob- 

 J ster creels. 



Minch, Loch- 

 inver, and 

 Enard Baj'. 



3,066 



808 



468 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



1 Herring fishing was again a failure at this 

 section. Decrease in all kinds of white 

 fish and shell fish. 



