of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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in quantity and 19 per cent, in value, whereas the landings by line 

 vessels increased by 19 per cent, and 6 per cent., and by vessels 

 using nets other than trawls by 31 per cent, and 29 per cent, in 

 quantity and value respectively. The increased landings by net and 

 line vessels are doubtless due in part to the poor results and prospects 

 of the herring fishery, which caused fishermen to devote more 

 attention to white-fishing, not from choice but from urgent necessity. 



Haddocks constituted over one-third of the quantity and value of 

 the total white fish catch, followed at no great distance by cod and 

 codling, as was the case in 1920. Before the war cod predominated, 

 but the foreign trawl landings which brought this about were of little 

 account during the year. 



The principal fishing ground for Scottish fishing vessels is the 

 northern North Sea. Local vessels and medium and larger sized 

 East Coast vessels work off the West Coast, while the largest trawlers 

 and liners extend their operations from the West of Ireland to 

 Iceland. A summary of the year's landings according to the areas of 

 capture is given in the following table : — 





North Sea 















Description 

 of Fish. 



(E. of 4° W. 

 and S. of 



Faroe. 



Iceland. 



Western 

 Grounds. 



Irish 

 Grounds. 



Mixed 

 Grounds 



Total. 





62° N.) 

















Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cod and Codling 



564,766 



78,189 



21,526 



97,163 



60 



9,912 



771,616 



Ling . 



78,276 



6,225 



1,313 



52,805 



2,406 



3,602 



144,627 



Torsk 



5,009 



5,700 



151 



4,599 



38 



628 



16,125 



Saithe 



84,634 



3,257 



1,874 



26,533 



3 



1,948 



118,249 



Haddocks . 



833 515 



7,491 



7,830 



87,389 



3 



12,590 



948,818 



Whitings . 



170,267 



57 



120 



6,427 



4 



1,195 



178,070 



Conger Eels 



1,268 



1 



1 



12,994 



25 



63 



14,352 



Gurnards . 



5,613 







594 





14 



6,221 



Catfish 



19,089 



676 



1,102 



271 





271 



21,409 



Monks 



24,972 



91 



13 



971 



3 



286 



26,336 



Hake . 



19,367 



7 





4,711 



24 



366 



24,475 



Turbot 



7,482 



1 



1 



294 





45 



7,823 



Halibut . 



25,538 



18,537 



1,132 



25,497 



1,398 



3,663 



75,765 



Lemon Soles 



38,591 



415 



118 



1,798 





349 



41,271 



Plaice 



74,580 



342 



511 



12,777 





854 



89,064 



Brill . 



596 







86 





4 



686 



Dabs . 



9,055 



15 



"l3 



345 





13 



9,441 



Whitches . 



6,989 



1 



211 



221 



1 



63 



7,486 



Megrims . 



9.621 



11 



18 



987 



16 



239 



10,892 



Skates 



107,281 



5,940 



377 



52,420 



1,001 



4,837 



171,856 



Squids 



288 







15 



1 





304 



Other kinds 



4,803 



'no 



55 



8,276 



98 



208 



13,610 



Total . 



2,091,600 



127,126 



36,366 



397,173 



5,081 



41,150 



2,698,496 



The landings may also be classified according to fishery districts 

 and months. In the following table the predominance of Aberdeen, 

 followed by Leith, which is the other chief trawling district ; the 

 adverse influence of the stormy weather in the winter months ; and 

 the falling off in landings during the coal dispute are all discernible. 



