Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Abstract. 



Total Tonnage and Persons Employed. 



British. 



Foreign. 



Years. 



Tons. 



Persons. 



Tons. 



Persons. 



1882, . 



275,592£ 



109,797 



36,318 



2016 



1883, . 



282,712 



111,038 



46,780 



2484 



Increase in 1883, . 



7,119i 



1241 



10,462 



468 



Fishing Boats 

 and Vessels. 



Increase of 

 Tonnage and 

 Persons. 



Table IV. Appendix D, gives abstract accounts of the tonnage Abstract of 

 of vessels and number of men ; the tonnage of boats and number of peJ^ e ^ d 

 fishermen and boys ; and the number of other persons employed m ployed, 

 the herring and cod and ling and other fisheries of Scotland last 

 year. 



Eegistration of Boats. 



The number of applications in 1883 made through the Board's Registration 

 officers to register fishing boats under the ' Sea Fisheries Act, 1868/ of Roats. 

 was 963, the number of registers issued was 958, and the number 

 of registers examined and endorsed was 5162. These numbers, as Number 

 compared with the corresponding numbers of 1882, are an increase JUj*®^ j£ 

 of 38 in the applications to register, and of 33 in registers with i882 Parec 

 issued, but a decrease of 132 in registers examined and endorsed. 

 The number of boats detained for non-compliance with the Act was increase in 

 419, being an increase over the preceding year of 230. The enforce- f or non _ 

 ment of the regulations regarding the registering, lettering, and compliance 

 numbering of boats continues to have a most beneficial effect in Sguktions. 

 maintaining good order at sea, and preventing wilful destruction of importance of 

 fishing material ; but, owing to complaints having been made of the Regulations, 

 defective lettering and numbering of fishing boats upon the west 

 coast, and the difficulty of enforcing the regulations under the Sea 

 Fisheries Act, 1868, in regard thereto, we made a representation on Representation 

 the subject to the Board of Trade, with a suggestion that a public Jj? r ^° ard of 

 notice, under the authority of that Board, might be issued warning ra e ' 

 owners and masters of boats of the penalty they incurred by a non- 

 observance of the regulations under the Act. Such a notice was public Notice 

 accordingly prepared by the Registrar-General of Shipping and issued. 

 Seamen, and copies issued to the Customs and Coast Guard officers 

 for circulation, — and upon the recommendation of the Board, copies 

 were also sent for distribution by the fishery officers in their 

 respective districts, with instructions to co-operate, in so far as 

 practicable, with the officers of Customs and Coast Guard. It is 

 hoped by this means that a more thorough observance of the 

 regulations will in future be maintained. 



Boat Building. 



As a result of the prosperous state of the fisheries, boat builders Boat Building, 

 have been exceedingly busy during the past year in executing 



