of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 261 



REPORT FROM SPEY DISTRICT, 

 Take of Pish— 



3. Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show the 

 times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





By Net and Coble. 



By Fixed Engine, 



Month, 1912. 















Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Feb. 11th to 28th, 

 March, .... 

 April, .... 

 May, .... 

 June, .... 

 July, .... 

 August 1st to 26th, 



10-6 

 6-2 

 10-3 

 20-5 

 34-4 

 1] -6 

 6-4 



0-2 

 34-5 

 56-1 



9-2 



0-2 



0- 6 

 2-8 



19-7 

 62-1 

 13-3 



1- 3 



2-6 

 9-5 

 10 0 

 25-5 

 21-8 

 17-5 

 13 1 



20-9 

 66-0 

 13-1 



0- 4 



1- 1 

 9-7 



42- 9 



43- 7 



2- 2 





100-0 



100 0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100 0 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was a 50 lb. 

 male. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — By sweep net, near 

 mouth of river Spey, on 27th April 1912. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1912 was £10,304 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was £1309 lis. 4d. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are— One superintendent, one inspector, and 



47 bailiffs. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — A 



shepherd, admonished by a Justice of the Peace for putting " sheej) 

 dip" liquid into a rivulet and thus poisoning several salmon fry. A 

 boy of ten years, admonished by a Justice of the Peace for killing parr 

 while angling on river Spey. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Pish— 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — Yes. 



Pollutions — 



1. The existing pollutions are : — Distilleries, if not kept down by the Board. 



2. Remedial measures : — Various, including evaporation, bacterial tanks, 



irrigation on lands, etc., etc. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its appearance this year in the month of October, and 



reached its height in January. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in June. 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was 



179 (from Fiddich), as follows :— 



Males. Females. 

 Kelts, 151 28 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 29th September 1911. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November. 



3. Spawning ceased at end of March. 



4. As regards numbers of breeding fish, and state of the water, the past 



spawning season is regarded a record one for a quarter of a century. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in April and onwards. 



2. As a smolt year 1912 was an average one. 



