of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



21 





Under 2 miles. 



2-3 miles. 



3-6 miles. 



Over 6 miles. 



No. of 

 trips. 



o 

 O 



4 



o 

 S3 



m 



bb 

 .9 



t5 

 o 



9 



o 



■3 



ci 



m 



bb 

 .9 



O 



O 



1 

 12 

 a 



w 



13 

 P 



o 

 O 



4 

 o 



w 



bb 



5766 



cwt. 

 262| 



cwt. 

 3387| 



cwt. 

 196J 



cwt. 

 1351 



cwt. 

 2234f 



cwt. 

 207f 



cwt. 

 260| 



cwt. 

 5050| 



cwt. 

 210£ 



cwt. 

 1499 



cwt. 

 109234 



cwt. 



563| 



From this Table we see that of the total catch of 24,932 cwts. of cod, 

 haddock, and whiting, by the 41 boats in the five districts, 6424J 

 cwts., or about a quarter of the whole amount, was obtained within the 

 territorial waters ; 3846| cwts. being obtained within 2 miles from shore, 

 and 2578 between 2 and 3 miles from shore. Of the 18,507 \ cwts. 

 captured in the extra-territorial waters, 5521| were got between 3 and 

 6 miles from shore, and the remainder beyond the 6-mile limit. If we 

 consider the comparative quantities of the different kinds of fish — cod, 

 haddock, and whiting — obtained in the various areas, Ave find that of 

 the 2157 J cwts. of cod caught, 398 \ cwts., or a little over 18 per cent., 

 were taken from the territorial waters — 26 2f cwts. from within a distance 

 of 2 miles from shore, and 135 J between 2 and 3 miles. Between 3 

 and 6 miles 260^ cwts. were obtained, and beyond 6 miles 1499 cwts., 

 or nearly 70 per cent. In the case of the 2 1,5 96 \ cwts. of haddock 

 captured, 5622 cwts., or above 26 per cent, were taken from the territorial 

 waters — 3387J within 2 miles from shore, and the remainder between 

 2 and 3 miles. 5050f cwts. were obtained between 3 and 6 miles, and 

 10,923| cwts. beyond the 6-mile limit ; i.e., about half the total catch. 

 Of the 11 77 1 cwts. of whiting, 404 cwts., or about a third, were taken 

 from the territorial waters, 196 \ within 2 miles from shore, and 207| 

 between 2 and 3 miles from shore. Of the 773 J cwts. taken from the 

 extra-territorial waters, 210 J cwts. were caught between 3 and 6 miles 

 from shore, and 563 J cwts. beyond the 6 miles. As to the proportion of 

 the amounts of the different fish captured, cod averaged about 8J- per 

 cent., whiting a little over 4^ per cent., and haddock a little over 86 per 

 cent. 



The proportions of the fish taken from the different zones, as above 

 described, might be considered to roughly represent their relative abund- 

 ance in these zones ; but since the number of ' shots ' in each area is not 

 given, and since it is exceedingly probable that most of the fishing takes 

 place near the shore, the proportions can only be approximate. Never- 

 theless, as matter of fact, they show the proportions in which the zones 

 in these districts participate in providing the fish supplied by line fisher- 

 men. 



IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. 



It is desirable to put succinctly some of the main results derived from 

 the analysis of the ' Garland's ' observations and of the statistical data 

 referred to above. 



It has been shown that, judged by the trawling experiments of the 

 1 Garland,' the very great increase, especially of flat-fish, which followed the 

 suspension of beam-trawling in the Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay 

 has not been generally maintained ; while, on the other hand, the takes 

 of the line fishermen in the Leith and Anstruther districts, or, in other 

 words, from the same waters, have been augmented. This increase also, 

 of the fish caught by line, has been largely made up of flat-fish, which 



