THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



ROBEET MUNRO, K.C., M.P., 



His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland, 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 1st July 1920. 



Sir, — 



In terms of the Act 45 and 46 Vict., c. 78, we, the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland, have the honour to present this, our Thirty-eighth Annual 

 Report, befing for the year 1919 : — 



PART I. 



GENERAL STATEMENT. 



The total quantity of sea-fish landed in Scotland in 1919 amounted 

 to 5,968,866 cwts., of the value including shell-fish, of £6,147,945. 

 As compared with 1918 these figures represent increases of 80 per 

 cent, in quantity but of only sKghtly more than 1 per cent, in value — 

 a striking commentary on the assertion that the fisherman is still 

 reaping the lion's share of the harvest of the sea. 



This result was obtained through the agency of 6534 fishing 

 vessels manned by crews numbering 27,408. 



Summary of Means of Capture and Results. 





Number 



Value of 



Total Catch. 



Year. 



of 



Boats and 









Vessels. 



Gear. 



Quantity.* 



Value. 







£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



1910 



9,724 



5,439,857 



8,709,655 



3,100,387 



1911 



9,543 



5,628,087 



8,511,974 



3,127,929 



1912 



9,290 



5,777,102 



8,587,106 



3,656,178 



1913 



8,991 



6,035,952 



7,828,350 



3,997,717 



1914 



8,869 



6,297,745 



7,440,321 



3,208,536 



1915 



4,653 



1,668,765 



2,319,390 



2,109,465 



1916 



4,650 



1,827,346 



3,412,030 



3,206,550 



1917 



4,609 



1,902,167 



3,079,768 



3,704,789 



1918 



6,614 



3,038,592 



3,313,228 



6,066,588 



1919 



6,534 



9,223,456 



5,968,866 



6,147,945 



' Excluding shell-fish, which are sold partly by number {e.g., oysters) and partly 

 by weight {e.g., mussels), and have no common measure except value, 



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