16 



Fortieth Annual Report 



Scottish Dis- 

 tricts to which 

 Boats Belong. 



Particulars of Fishing on the Coasts of Ireland. 



Steam. 



Motor. 



Total. 



Vessels. 



Quan tity. 



Value. 



Vessels. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Vessels. 



Quantity. 



\ alue. 



Peterhead 

 Fraserburgh - 

 Findhorn 



No. 



1 



2 

 22 



Cwts. 



504 

 336 

 13.244 



£ 



438 

 340 

 9,460 



No. 



Cwts. 



£ 



No. 



, 1 



2 

 22 



Cwts. 



504 

 336 

 13,244 



£ 



438 

 340 

 9,460 



Total 1921 



25 



14,084 



10,238 









25 



14,084. 



10,238 



Grand Total 1921 

 Grand Total 1920 



755 

 786 



1,193,404 

 1,716,770 



304,865 

 1,115,479 



258 

 295 



263.908 

 421,127 



64,189 

 270,314 



1,013 

 1,081 



1,457,312 

 2,137.897 



369,054 

 1,385,793 



Decrease in 1921 



31 j 523,366 810,614 



37 



157,219 



206,125 



68 



6^0,585 



1,016,739 



5. West Coast Loch Fishing. 



A light irregular fishing commenced in Lochs Inchard and 

 Laxford about the second week of November, but the quality was 

 poor and the results only fair, and most of the boats proceeded to the 

 Skye Lochs, where fairly good earnings were made up to the end of 

 the month. Dense shoals were located on the Tolsta Sands, north 

 of Stornoway, in December, but here also the quality was far from 

 satisfactory, and as the fishing gradually fell away the fleet crossed 

 to Loch Inchard, where good catches of better quality were secured ; 

 some of the vessels ran to Stornoway with their catches, but the 

 majority disposed of their herrings at the mainland ports. Mackerel 

 were abundant on the Tolsta grounds, but the demand was poor and 

 large quantities had to be dumped. Unfortunately the loss of gear 

 was heavy through weight of fish and other causes, while frequent 

 delays in reaching port through bad weather tended to reduce prices. 



The total landings in the north-west of Scotland for the months 

 of October, November and December amounted to only 40,409 cwts. 

 against 106,520 cwts. in the corresponding period in 1920. 



6. Clyde Fishing. 



On the departure of the herrings from Loch Fyne, during the 

 month of January, on their way to the spawning grounds off the 

 Ayrshire Coast, a very successful fishing was secured by the Firth 

 of Clyde motor seine net boats at the entrance to the Kyles of Bute 

 and in the Kilbrannan Sound. An interesting feature was the 

 capture of heavy catches in the middle of the Sound between Davaar 

 and Arran, where seining or "ringing" had not been practised 

 for about 25 years during winter, at which season operations are 

 usually confined to the coastal waters. For a time the landings were 

 very heavy and prices fell to as low as 6s. per cran, while on one 

 occasion 1300 baskets had to be thrown back into the sea. The 

 winter fishing on the Ballantrae Banks and at Stranraer, which is 

 frequently very successful, proved an entire failure owing to adverse 

 weather. 



