of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



65 



No. II. — continued. 



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. 



G(!neral IJemarks. 



Drift nets 

 and lines. 



Drift-nets, 

 cod nets 

 and lines. 



Cod nets 

 and lines. 



Drift nets, 

 cod nets 

 and lines. 



Drift and 

 seine nets 

 and lines. 



Lobster 



creels. 

 Drift nets 



and lines. 



Off south 

 and east 

 coasts of 

 Bute. 



Kylesof -Bute 

 and adja- 

 cent waters. 



Estuary of 

 Upper 

 Clyde. 



Lochs Long 

 and Goil. 



Kilbrannan 

 Sound and 

 adjacent 

 waters. 



S. and E. of 

 Arran 



Cwts. 



645 

 325 



I 2,370 

 488 



19 



11,858 



22,361 



320 



350 

 396 



614 

 163 



19 

 5,731 



,576 



115 



125 



128 



621 



Herrings and 

 mackerel. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and mackerel. 



Cod, saithe, 

 plaice, and 

 flounders. 



Mackerel, cod, 

 saithe, conger 

 eels, and hake. 



Herrings. 



Haddocks. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks,whitings. 

 flounders, and 

 lobsters. 



Small increases in herrings and mackerel. 



Substantial increases in cod and mackerel. 



Slight decrease in quantitj', but increase in 

 value, of white fish and shell-fish. 



Figures almost similar to last year's. 



Small increase in herrings. 



Practically no fishing was carried on at this 

 section. Local crews fished in other parts 

 of the Clyde with motor and sail boats. 



Big decrease in herrings. 



Nets and 

 lines 



Otter 

 trawls 

 and great 

 lines. 

 Nets, lines, 

 and mussel- 

 dredging. 



Nets and 



lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



of 



Gareloch. 



Firth 

 Clyde. 



West Coast. 



Firth of 

 Clyde. 



Lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



67 

 196 



3,103 



31 

 237 



1,371 



3,059 



48 

 209 



2,127 



200 



36 

 303 



191 



728 



Firth of Clyde. 



253 



Codlings and 

 whitings. 

 Codlings, had- 

 docks, whitings, 

 and flounders. 

 Ling, haddocks, 

 cod, and flat- 

 fish. 



Mussels. 



Conger eels. 



Saithe, whitings, 

 codlings, and 

 flounders. 



Herrings, 

 mack e rel, 

 codlings, and 

 flounders. 



H errings and- 

 mackerel. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, codlings, 

 plaice, and 

 lobsters. 



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Fishing of little importance. 



Results somewhat similar to those of previous 

 year. 



Occasional landings made by steam trawlers 

 and steam liners. 



Considerable increase in mussels. 



Decrease in white fish and mussels. 

 Fishing unimportant. 



Landings somewhat similar to last year's. 

 Increase in herrings; little change otherwise. 



Slight decrease in quantity, but increase in 



value of fish landed, 

 Increase in herrings and mackerel 



No fishing boats now belonging to this creek. 



-Decrease in total value of fish landed. 



