of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 37 



separate occasions on which those trawlers were observed, for the 

 fourteen years ending 19th October last : — 



Nationality 



Before Act 

 in Operation. 



After Act in Operation. 



1907-8. 



1908-9. 



1909-10. 



1910-11. 



1911-12. 



1912-13. 



1913-14. 



1918-19. 



1919-20. 



1920-21. 



of Trawlers. 













































2 



93 



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s 





ai 



03 

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C 





05 



a 



03 



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s 



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u 



03 

 C 





s 



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 U 



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 S 



X 



J 







o 





s 





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.2 



<c 



.2 





o 



o 



o 



(D 



.2 



<V 





3 







g 



1 



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m 

 c« 

 o 



Is 



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 o 



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 u 



g 



raw] 



8 



g 



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 o 



1 



rcaai 



% 

 33 

 i-t 



g 



% 



1 



awl 



03 



8 





H 



o 

 O 



H 



o 

 O 



H 



O 



H 



o 



H 



o 

 O 



H 



o 

 O 



H 



o 



H 



u 



o 



H 



o 

 O 



H 



o 

 O 



Norwegian 



16 



171 



13 



112 



7 



103 



8 



141 



7 



84 



6 



112 



6 



87 















Swedish - 



1 



3 







1 



1 



1 



8 



8 



28 



2 



7 



















Danish - 



8 



25 



16 



99 



9 



60 



1 



10 



2 



14 



4 



47 



5 



44 















Total \ 

 Scandinavian f 



25 



199 



29 



211 



17 



164 



10 



159 



17 



126 



12 



166 



11 



131 















German - 



1 



2 



1 



1 



5 



12 



16 



33 



28 



55 



15 



21 



15 



27 







1 



1 



4 



10 



Dutch 



2 



2 



6 



8 



7 



15 



11 



15 



10 



24 



13 



29 



21 



58 







5 



7 



13 



34 



Belgian - 



8 



27 



10 



19 



9 



26 



3 



6 



5 



18 



6 



16 



15 



58 



i 



i 



9 



21 



13 



38 



Total 



11 



31 



17 



28 



21 



53 



30 



54 



43 



97 



34 



66_ 



51. 



143 



1 



i 



15 



29 



30 



82 



Grand Total - 



36 



230 



46 



239 



38 



217 



40 



213 



60 



223 



46 



232 



62 



274 



1 



l 



15 



29 



30 



82 



1 



It will be seen that the number of foreign trawlers which resorted 

 to the Moray Firth during the year 1920-21 was considerably greater 

 •than in the previous year, but was still much below the pre-war 

 figures. 



The Firth of Clyde is the only other closed area in Scottish waters 

 which has been frequented by foreign trawlers, and trawling there 

 practically ceased with the passing of the Act. On 8th July last 2 

 Dutch trawlers appeared in the Firth of Clyde, these being the first 

 observed there for many years. 



Fish landed in contravention of the Act is liable to confiscation 

 by the Customs Authorities. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 1. Bye-Products. 



The manufacture of commercial products from fish offal suffered 

 from the general depression in industry, more especially at the chief 

 herring fishing centres, where the offal obtained from herring pickling 

 and kippering establishments is converted into manure and oil. 

 Stocks of these commodities from 1920 were still on hand at the 

 beginning of the year, which discouraged production, and even at 

 the end of the year part of the 1920 and 1921 produce remained 

 unsold, while at more than one factory a proportion of the offal 

 collected during the year was still lying to be worked up. 



The price generally realised for manure was £7 per ton, against 

 £10 in the previous year, and for oil £14 against £28. The manure 

 was disposed of to agents for despatch, it was understood, to the 

 Continent, probably Spain, while a market for the oil was found in 



