of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



47 



Metliods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fisliing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 



Taken. 



Principal 

 Ivinds of Fisli 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets, 

 lines, 

 and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



-H e r rin 

 and cod 

 nets, lines 

 and lobs 

 ler creels, 



■Herring- 

 and cod 

 nets, and 

 lines. 



I Herring 

 [and cod 

 J nets, lines 

 and lob- 

 ster creels 



Minch and 

 Loch Broom, 



Minch and 

 Loch Broom, 

 and Little 

 Loch Broom. 



Minch and 

 Loch Ewe. 



Minch and 

 GairlochBaj' 



Cwts. 



1,283 



6,309 



181 



293 



418 



10,590 



27,334 



2,511 



819 



312 



92 



2,604 



87 



8,820 



Herrings, cod 

 and codlings, 

 haddocks, and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, cod 

 and codlings, 

 haddocks and 

 whitings. 



Herrings 

 lobsters. 



and 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and 

 docks. 



had- 



Herrings, 

 mackerel, cod, 

 saithe, eels, 

 and lobsters. 



Decrease in quantity and value of white fish 

 and shell fish. 



Herring fishing in this section was again a 

 failure, although the landings show an in- 

 crease on last year of 1784 cwts. in 

 quantity and £1199 in value. A large 

 number of the fishermen of this section 

 are engaged on board yachts during- part 

 of the year. 



A decrease of £126 in value of shell fish. 



A decrease of 6381 cwts. in quantity and 



£1058 in value of white fish, due to 



failure of herring fishing. Shell fishing- 

 shows little change. 



Results similar to those of 1911. 



Only small and hand line fishing prosecuted 

 from this section. The larger boats land 

 their fish at Badachro. 



e landings during- the cod net fishing show 

 an increase, but the herring fishing, which 

 was a failuie, shows a falling-off of 6127 

 cwts. in quantity and £13')4 in value. 

 Line fisliing and "lobster fishing show im- 

 provement. 



