of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 57 



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. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts 





£ 









Nets tind 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



riruxioi i^iytic. 



14,103 

 26 



6,812 

 16 



12 

 11 



kerel, codlings, 

 and floun- 

 ders. 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 





JVIs^rkGci iniprovGixiGnfc in herring fishing* 

 No regular fishing carried on. 







23 670 



n,557 



1,0S2 





34 





Nets and 



Firth of Clyde. 



25,471 



10,816 



93 









lines. 





4,458 

 2,024 



2,321 

 1,218 



93 

 98 



lllerrings, cod, 

 1 whitings, plaice, 

 ' and mackerel. 



{" 



VAyr shows a considerable increase in her- 

 1 rinas, while the landings at Dunure and 

 ^ Maidens exhiVnt noticeable decreases. The 

 crews of the latter creeks however, contri- 

 buted largely to the Ayr catch. 





\ Lochryan 

 J and off 

 Corsewall. 



1 4,791 

 2 175 



1,772 

 745 



217 

 18 



r General. 

 ^Lobsters. 

 Cod and saithe. 



3 



Herrings are chiefly responsible for the de- 

 crease in quantity and value. 



Carleton fish are either landed at, or carted 

 to, Girvan to be sold. 



The principal fishing — cod-net — was not so 

 successful as in the previous year. 



;; 



46,740 



15,864 



4,644 



Herrings, 

 cod, haddocks, 

 plaice, eels, 

 skate, oysters. 



{'■• 



VA very successful herring fishing was con- 

 j ducted in Lochryan in the spring of the 

 year, the fish being all landed at Stranraer. 

 Quantitj^and value more than doubled. The 

 fish was mostly landed by crews other than 

 those belonging to the creek. Cairnryan 

 and Kirkcolm are of little importance. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Channel. 



1,040 



472 



81 



Cod, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 





Slight increase in line fishing. Decrease in 

 shell-fish. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Luce Bay. 



1,626 



1,163 



428 



Mackerel, cod, 

 plaice, skate, 

 crabs, and 

 lobsters. 





These four creeks are not of much importance 

 as fishing stations. There are a few regu- 

 lar fishermen around Luce Bay, but the 

 bulk of them only fish occasionally. De- 

 crease in quantity and value. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Wigtown 

 Bay. 



Cree estuary. 



1 459 



405 



449 



Cod, sparlings, 

 plaice, 1 0 fo- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 





Increase in white-fish, decrease in shell-fish. 

 General result— slight improvement on 

 last year. 



Stake 

 nets. 



Kirkcud- 

 bright Bay. 

 Nith estuary. 



Solway Firth. 



)" 



397 



326 



Flounders, 



mussels, and 

 lobsters. 





Decrease in mussels. 



Beam 

 trawling. 





990 



1,237 



2,459 



Flounders, 

 plaice, ajid 

 shrimps. 





The catch of plaice is less by half than last 

 year's. Fair increase in shrimps. 







90,487 



36,410 



8,906 





39 









8117826 



3450829 



67,594 





916 









8175731 



2973000 



67,855 





909 





