of the Fishery Board for Scotland. xv 



Return jwing the Quantity of White-Fish landed in each District in each Month of 



the Year 1919. 



District. 



Jan. 



Feb, 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



Tnlv 



duiy. 



AU^. 



oepv. 



UCC. 



xNOV. 



Dec. 



XOlnl. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 







Cwts. 



Cwts. 



. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Eyemouth . 

 Leith . 



1,663 



1,762 



1,795 



1,209 



1,220 



480 



228 



178 



16 



766 



1,979 



2,644 



13,940 



11,790 



14,505 



18,407 



24,206 



29,777 



26,647 



33,105 



33,876 



37,510 



43,530 



26,896 



4,036 



304,285 



Anstruther . 



1,736 



3,854 



1,461 



2,297 



2,901 



2,131 



2,057 



1,978 



1,964 



2,899 



2,555 



2,509 



28,342 



Montrose 



3,296 



6,723 



5,541 



6,840 



10,273 



10,236 



11,330 



13,550 



14,829 



12,068 



11,623 



9,274 



115,583 



Stonehaven . 



396 



855 



569 



908 



2,183 



1,577 



2,293 



2,211 



2,196 



2,041 



1,933 



990 



18,152 



Aberdeen 



24,652 



49,358 



65,222 



117,740 



190,441 



156,621 



179,241 



165,474 



69,439 



5,442 



37,662 



141,064 



1,202,056 



Peterhead . 



.2,626 



1,836 



998 



1,045 



3,726 



1,693 



2,777 



1,246 



1,494 



1,990 



2,220 



1,464 



23,115 



Fraserburgh. 



2,267 



2,455 



1,772 



2,106 



5,760 



2,273 



1,616 



1,213 



2,587 



2,683 



2,920 



2,144 



29,796 



Banff . 



2,276 



4,318 



2,283 



3,030 



4,796 



2,950 



4,842 



3,602 



6,749 



6,467 



8,923 



4,549 



54,785 



Buckie . 



2,524 



7,626 



8,250 



3,302 



895 



813 



1,835 



1,169 



1,298 



2,355 



2,370 



1,227 



32,664 



Findhorn 



3,386 



7,494 



5,985 



3,937 



2,688 



2,565 



4,793 



2,954 



3,775 



3,103 



3,374 



2,248 



46,302 



Cromarty 



1,127 



1,520 



1,424 



800 



1,012 



843 



1,309 



1,052 



1,094 



1,288 



981 



877 



13,327 



Helmsdale . 



1,323 



3,024 



2,034 



2,082 



811 



935 



1,725 



809 



1,236 



1,829 



2,165 



1,716 



19,689 



Lybster 



292 



186 



212 



165 



75 



79 



96 



6 



38 



327 



551 



460 



2,487 



Wick . 



2,926 



4,880 



4,884 



1,549 



2,418 



1,576 



3,024 



1,478 



1,931 



2,779 



3,408 



1,486 



32,339 



Orkney . 



1,040 



1,601 



718 



369 



628 



509 



1,070 



880 



430 



720 



1,083 



407 



9,455 



Shetland 



5,219 



3,626 



3,664 



3,788 



3,712 



4,158 



3,885 



2,124 



305 



1,164 



2,791 



2,787 



37,223 



Stornoway . 





5,315 





i,D/U 



3 934 



3 536 



3 696 



1 620 



942 



1 162 



1 262 



939 





Barra . 



90 



421 



347 



309 



'314 



'426 



'248 



'328 



263 



'233 



'134 



148 



3,261 



Loch Broom . 



751 



1,319 



1,585 



564 



223 



265 



349 



401 



287 



345 



417 



461 



6,967 



Loch Carron 





























and Skye . 



3,398 



4,842 



1,108 



252 



92 



115 



103 



50 



85 



864 



3,358 



1,843 



16,110 



Fort-William 



8,564 



7,816 



10,417 



10,641 



3,678 



1,730 



1,097 



315 



144 



2,290 



2,718 



1,485 



45,895 



Campbeltown 



17 



248 



738 



1,628 



236 



175 



312 



254 



153 



666 



299 



33 



4,659 



Inveraray . 



1 



24 



83 



203 



47 



54 



36 



5 



14 



354 



98 



99 



1,018 



Rothesay 



472 



529 



465 



689 



1,056 



637 



65 



53 



226 



1,024 



779 



343 



6,338 



Greenock 



61 



139 



111 



126 



91 



241 



88 



55 



125 



1,255 



202 



512 



3,006 



Ballantrae . 



1,740 



4,741 



6,216 



4,281 



2,358 



752 



1,035 



993 



924 



3,368 



2,417 



1.890 



30,715 



Totals 1919 



85,083 



141,017 



;i48,589 



194,736 



275,045 



224,017 



262,155 



237,874 



150,054 



103,012 



125,118 



187,635 



2,134,335 



Totals 1918 



54,735 



78,792 



103,404 



98,860 



122,350 



97,268 



112,803 



100,194 



93,527 



90,982 



83,474 



92,234 



1,128,623 



White Fish Curing. 



As was only to be expected, in view of tlie large increase in the 

 quantity landed, the curing of white fish was carried on on a very much 

 larger scale than in 1918, the total quantity so treated amounting to 

 201,979 cwts. (of which a little more than half consisted of haddocks), 

 as against 68,347 cwts. in the preceding year. Of the total 77 per 

 cent, was smoked, 11 per cent, cured dried, 9 per cent, pickled, and the 

 remainder tinned. The pickled fish, with the exception of a small 

 quantity, of mackerel, consisted entirely of sprats lightly cured for 

 export to Sweden to be utilised in the sardine -tinning industry. In 

 1918 the entire catch of sprats was consumed fresh, but during the 

 year under review, owing to the increased supphes of other fish, there 

 was httle or no demand for sprats in the home markets. 



The foregoing remarks apply only to fish landed by Scottish vessels, 

 and do not cover cod, ling, etc., imported in a wet-salted state from 

 Faroe and elsewhere, of which nearly 50,000 cwts. were cured dried 

 during the year. 



Persons Employed. 



The number of persons to whom the Scottish fishing industry gave 

 employment in 1919 was 60,159, an increase of 22,535 upon the total 

 for the preceding year. Of these 27,408 manned the fishing fleet, 

 8465 were engaged in gutting and packing herrings, 5548 in the carrpng 

 trade, 3684 in boat building, and the remainder in various other forms 

 of employment connected with the fishing industry. 



