oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



53 



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. 



General Ilemarks. 



Lobster 



creels. 

 Lines and 



lobster 



creels. 



Lines and 

 drift nets. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Lines. 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Sound of 

 Isla}^ 



1 to 5 miles 

 off Rhinns 

 Lighthouse. 



Lochindaal. 



Loch Gruinart 



Bay. 

 Around the 



island. 



418 



172 



334 



637 



111,346 



509 



Lobsters. 



155 



125 



110 



18 Cod, saithe, and 

 lobsters. 



Herring-s, cod, 

 haxldocks, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, plaice, 

 and lobsters. 



181 Saithe and 



whelks. 

 112 : Lobsters. 



230 



2,702 



Increase in catch and value. 

 Decrease in all kinds of fish. 



Large decrease in herrings. There is, how- 

 ever, an increase in cod and plaice, so that 

 the total value is greater than that of last 

 year. 



Increase in herrings, haddocks, and plaice, 



but decrease in cod. 

 Considerable increase in herrings, but a 



decrease in line fish. 



Considerable increase in shell-fish. 



Results not quite as good as those of last year. 



Decrease in shell-fish. 



Lobster 

 creels. 



Lobster 

 creels and 

 nets. 



Seine and 

 drift nets 

 and lines. 



seine, 

 drift.and 

 cod nets 

 and lines. 



D r f f t 

 nets. 



Vicinity of 

 Luing and 

 neighl)our- 

 ing islands. 



Vicinity of 

 Crinan. 

 Lochkylesport 



Loch Fyne 

 and Kil- 

 brannan 

 Sound. 



161 



5,370 



5,764 



125 



Seine-nets, 

 cod nets 

 lines. 



Cod nets. 

 Drift nets 

 and lines. 



Firth of Clyde 



Off west of 

 Bute. 



5,471 



381 



1,552 



260 



1,797 



547 Lobsters. 



227 

 154 



82 



140 



Lobsters and 



oysters. 

 Lobsters a n d 



herrings. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, codlings 

 and saithe. 



Cod and cod- 

 lings. 



Herrings and 

 mackerel. 



H erring s, ■{ 

 mackerel, cod 

 and conger | 

 eels. V 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



2^ 



Increase in lobsters but decrease in unclassi- 

 fied shell-fish. Slight increase in number 

 of lobster boats. 



Improvement in lobster fishing, but decrease 

 in oysters. 



Small shoal of herrings entered loch in 

 December, but stormy weather interrupted 

 operations. Slight decrease in lobsters. 



Decrease of almost 50 per cent, in catch, attri- 

 butable to failure of herring fiishing. 

 Herring fleet being gradually reduced. 



Considerable decrease in landings from cause 

 stated above. Also decrease in number of 

 boats and men employed. 



All fish landed at Ardrishaig or sold at sea. 



Improvement in catch by cod-nets. Line 

 fishing shows little change. All herrings 

 sold at sea. 



Fishing in this section of little importance. 

 Owing to a series of unsuccessful seasons 

 fishermen have been obliged to seek per- 

 manent employment on land. 



Sliaht increases in quantity and value. 



Considerable decrease from last year's totals; 

 mostlv in herrings. 



