22 



Fortieth Annual Report 



Return showing the Quantity of White (i.e. Demersal) Fish landed in each 

 Fishery District in Scotland in each Month of the Year 1921. 



Di3tricts. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Eyemouth 



1,154 



623 



230 



1,164 



626 



511 



289 



373 



310 



869 



846 



990 



7,985 



Leith 



29,363 



41,532 



44,972 



37,581 



16,438 



13,671 



26,877 



43,931 



47,715 



48,014 



37,813 



38,619 



426,526 



Anstruther 



2,400 



1,951 



1,145 



2,172 



2,817 



2,738 



2,252 



2,498 



2,482 



2,127 



2,4S6 



2^511 



27^579 



Montrose 



9,312 



9,493 



6,219 



10,102 



11,454 



14,471 



13,232 



13,601 



14,632 



12,957 



10,662 



11,382 



137,517 



Stonehaven - 



1,200 



708 



293 



824 



2,167 



2,044 



1,910 



1,778 



1,286 



1,610 



1.296 



1^264 



16,380 



Aberdeen 



118,63S 



154,165 



124 384 



164,48*5 



130,809 



144,721 



127,952 



139,634 



163,741 



169,340 



125^263 



127,812 



1 690,944 



Peterhead 



2',441 



2,368 



930 



2,551 



2,844 



1,802 



2,270 



1,662 



1^092 



963 



323 



ljl92 



20,438 



Fraserburgh - 



2,962 



4,091 



2,161 



4,223 



5,330 



3,416 



2,497 



1,652 



1,935 



1,586 



1,411 



1,390 



32,654 



Banff 



3,242 



5,726 



2,527 



1,559 



4,455 



4,331 



3,024 



2,145 



2,805 



3,001 



3,992 



5.261 



42,068 



Buckie - 



2,389 



14,928 



7,948 



1,301 



1,021 



1,520 



1,286 



1,282 



1,241 



3,408 



4,000 



3,028 



43,352! 



Find horn 



2,459 



7,160 



4,327 



1,896 



3,193 



4,523 



3,407 



3,838 



3,054 



3,096 



4,669 



3,987 



45,609! 



Cromarty 



845 



1,025 



577 



808 



996 



1,172 



964 



1,016 



1,374 



1,207 



1.681 



1,150 



12,815! 



Helmsdale - 



1,929 



1,798 



1,043 



1,254 



1,140 



1,382 



1,373 



1,195 



2,207 



1,746 



1,605 



1,678 



18,355 



Lybster - 



857 



724 



184 





111 



48 



42 



45 



44 



401 



492 



808 



4,028, 



Wick 



2,536 



4,814 



2,603 



1,837 



1,892 



1,691 



2,551 



1,852 



1,574 



1,160 



2,874 



1,813 



27,197 



Orkney - 



320 



316 



210 



350 



626 



1,038 



1,134 



976 



574 



567 



439 



287 



6,837! 



Shetland 



4,715 



3,088 



504 



2,116 



1,696 



2,953 



3,530 



2,310 



985 



5,409 



2,217 



3,295 



32,818 



Stornoway - 



1,424 



4,288 



1,829 



1,149 



1,971 



3,112 



2,992 



2,166 



1,563 



1,566 



1,254 



1,524 



24,838; 



Barra - 



246 



280 



332 



293 



407 



718 



358 



261 



128 



282 



383 



168 



3,856; 



Loch Broom - 



364 



651 



839 



883 



218 



580 



462 



433 



390 



315 



421 



319 



5,875; 



Loch Carron 





























and Skye - 

 Fort-William 



793 



2,491 



873 



588 



150 



229 



162 



198 



132 



152 



154 



165 



6,087 



3,123 



13,522 



9,575 



3,409 



906 



686 



269 



294 



348 



479 



586 



834 



34,031 



Campbeltown 



431 



825 



1,285 



1,036 



190 



212 



217 



366 



438 



463 



366 



116 



5,945 



Inveraray 



34 



57 



58 



132 



14 

















295 



Rothesay 



134 



262 



243 



190 



63 



"49 



"35 



" - 32 



ii4 



123 



'l46 



97 



1,488 



Greenock 



32 



169 



34 



287 



64 



19 



57 



81 



100 



42 



62 



51 



998 



Ballantrae - 



1,335 



6,162 



4,930 



3,061 



1,093 



582 



614 



530 



923 



717 



1,226 



808 



21.981 



Totals 1921 



194,678 



283,217 



220,260 



245,523 



192,691 



208,219 



199,756 



224,149 



251,187 



261 600 



206,667 



210,549 



2,698,496 



Totals 1920 



168,442 



222,197 



278,098 



319,401 



332,341 



349,016 



281,235 



233,701 



238,182 



227,824 



188,330 



230,648 



3,069,415 



In view of recurring controversy regarding the retail prices of fish, 

 a note of the average wholesale prices per lb. realised by the fishermen 

 at the ports of landing for a number of the chief species and classes 

 of white fish throughout the past year may be of interest. These 

 were : — 



Haddocks . . 2«9d. Cod and Codling . 2-9d. Whitings . . L7d. 

 Ling . . . L6d. Saithe . . . LOd. Total round fish . 2 6d. 

 Plaice . . . 7-0d. Halibut . . 9*4d. Lemon soles . 9 3d. 

 Total flat fish . 7'7d. Skates and Rays . l*4d. Total white fish . 3-0d. 



The present rail freight per passenger train from Scottish ports 

 to London, for instance, just exceeds fd. per lb. As this rate, 

 however, is charged on the gross weight, i.e. the weight of the box 

 and the ice as well as the fish, the actual rate per lb. of fish is 

 appreciably higher, and it is also necessary to add costs of handling 

 and cartage, the upkeep of packages and overhead charges, as well 

 as wholesale and retail dealers' profits, before the prices charged to 

 the public are reached. Apart from the question whether or not 

 these have been reasonable, it is beyond doubt that it would be in 

 the interests of the industry if public demand could be stimulated 

 by cheaper supplies ; but it will readily be appreciated from the 

 above figures that there is little margin for any substantial reduction 

 on the first cost of the fish. 



2. Tjiawling. 



Although the fleet of trawl vessels was greater than ever 

 before, their catch was much less than in 1920, chiefly as the 



