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Fortieth Annual Report 



Return showing the Quantity of Herrings landed in each Fishery 

 District in Scotland in each Month of the Year 1921. 



District. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwtp. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwt*. 



Cwts. 



Eyemouth - 



9,863 



10,084 



7,122 





4,204 



3,045 



4,995 



12,173 



3,245 









54,731 



Leith - 



11,464 



16,325 



3,923 



781 



407 



190 



288 



2,141 



853 





"53 



549 



35.974 



Anstruther - 



36,587 



32,400 



18 188 



371 





55 



35 



266 



273 







28 



88,203 



Montrose 



203 



354 



94 



4 



m 





56 



139 



108 









1,125 



Stonehaven - 













"42 















42 



Aberdeen 



2,711 



'l50 



369 



573 



2,240 



2,160 



"865 



14,135 



7,475 



"93 



395 





31,166 



Peterhead - 



6,650 



4,056 



697 





123 



18,490 



80,710 



90,706 



1,428 









202 860 



Fraserburgh - 



24,483 



9,181 



336 







33 360 



158,7141124,456 



1,599 





"35 





352,164 



Banff - 



2,184 



854 





" 1 



472 



3,577 



7,934 



10,622 



10 





87 





25,741 



Buckie - 



22,869 



5,929 



537 



14 



63 



3,008 



2,901 



3,371 







70 



382 



39,144 



Findhorn 



1,084 



439 



42 





2 



33 



283 



171 



105 



1,451 



1,838 



2,303 



7.751 



Cromarty 







10 













14 



24 







48 



Helmsdale - 









" 8 





"*50 



64 



187 



154 









463 



Lybster - 













91 





231 



245 









574 



Wick - 



81,855 



59.5S5 



6,659 





1^505 



16.042 



108,332 



62 594 



10,990 



1,274 



245 



4 802 



353,883 



Orkney - 



105 



144 



231 







1,372 



44,559 



24,801 



28 









71,240 



Shetland 



522 



501 



1,036 





10*, 528 



103,706 



295,102 



178,749 



421 









590.565 





34 605 



21 797 



1 887 



88 



3 307 



9 940 



19,389 



18,381 



6 556 



829 



863 



17 901 



135 543 



Barra • 



' 10 



'378 



' 35 





ljl89 



6,'245 



17,747 



44,154 



125 



10 





' 80 



69^973 



Loch Broom - 



612 



21 



21 





135 



228 



33 



479 



469 



7 



854 



2,996 



5,860 



Loch Canon 





























and Skye - 



11,925 



3,236 



1,113 





375 



1,080 



263 



914 



3,669 



737 



2,413 



4,953 



30,678 



Fort- William 



36,572 



24,087 



3,294 



140 



1,761 



11.168 



8,243 



21,661 



1,001 



115 



3,393 



5,348 



116,783 



Campbeltown 



28,231 



11,074 



5,225 



6,951 



6,923 



7,098 



676 



5.84S 



7,210 



6.704 



942 



2,916 



89.798 



Inveraray 



1,799 









2,016 



10.304 



3,199 



1,523 



3.081 



2.594 



23,933 



49,675 



98,124 



Rothesay 



2,877 



172 





245 



276 



1,211 



145 



732 



630 



346 



2,189 



2,309 



11,132 



Greenock 



161 



252 





378 



706 



2,461 



1,764 



53 



241 



766 



1,288 



2,353 



10,423 



Ballantrae - 



530 



12,327 



892 



6,540 



10,114 



5,903 



411 



566 



276 



94 



500 



115 



38,318 



Totals 1921 



317,952 



213,346 



51,711 



16,094 



46,513 



240,859 



756,720 



619,053 



50,206 



15,044 



39 09S 



96,710 



2,463,306 



Totals 1920 



365,186 



316,513 



42,311 



12,940 



68,845 



300,485 



1,109,702 



628,532 



89,722 



24,207 



50,233 



137,434 



3,155,165 



2. Winter Fishing. 



In view of the circumstances to which reference has been made in 

 the introductory chapter, it is not a matter for surprise that at the 

 opening of the year a number of owners of first class boats who had 

 just emerged from the previous year with heavy losses decided to 

 leave their boats out of commission, and that the reduced fleet which 

 commenced the winter fishing in January did so in a very half- 

 hearted manner. This fishing, which covers the period from 1st 

 January to 31st March, began well, however. A few crews who had 

 left their vessels at West Coast ports and at Wick over the New 

 Year holidays returned about the first week of January, and it was 

 not long before considerable fleets were at work on the North Coast 

 and in the Minch. As in the previous year the North Coast grounds 

 were the more productive. Early in January a heavy catch of 

 herrings of excellent quality was landed at Wick and Scrabster, and 

 met with a brisk demand for freshing and kippering. Although 

 heavy landings continued, prices ranged from 60s. to 120s. per cran, 

 and even reached 144s. owing to a good demand in the English 

 markets, which, however, unfortunately proved only temporary. The 

 quality of the herrings varied, and there appeared to be two distinct 

 shoals on the North Coast. The heaviest catches were taken 8 to 12 

 miles west of Cape Wrath and from the waters in the vicinity of the 

 Orkneys, as well as to the west of Dunnet Head. Wick and Scrabster, 

 owing to their proximity to the grounds, received most of the landings, 

 but on account of their limited railway facilities they were occasion- 

 ally unable to cope satisfactorily with the heavy arrivals, and, when 



