52 



Fortieth Annual Report 



ruling at Billingsgate during the year the catch represents a value 

 of £866,637, and the catch in excess of the average for the period 

 1914-18 represents a value of £342,720. 



All parts of the coast appear to have participated in the increase 

 to a greater or less extent, with the exception of places dependent 

 upon the take of grilse, but the section from Berwick to Cairnbulg 

 Point at the entrance of the Moray Firth shows the greatest improve- 

 ment, as will be seen from the accompanying chart of curves. In 

 Mr. Calderwood's Eeport (p. 91) will be found a chart representing 

 the sum of the four lines here shown. 



A table is given below with the figures representing the usual 

 four divisions of the coast : — 





Average. 





Average, 





Average, 





Average, 





Average, 







1894 to 1898. 



1899 to 1903. 



1904 to 1908. 



1909 to 1913. 



1914 to 1918. 



District. 





■J. 









































Tons. 





QD 

 U 



do 



JO 



Tons. 



t 



03 

 S* 



<Ji 

 & 



Tons. 



t 



j- 





Tons. 



DO 



£ 





Tons. 



EC 



03 









o 



C? 







o 



©» 







o 



<y 



hi 





O 









0 



<y 



h) 



ftBorwick to 











































Cairnbulg Point 



1,206 



IS 



1 



1 



839 



1 



2 



9 



887 



8 



2 



24 



1,015 



5 



3 



18 



884 



1 



3 



17 



b Cairnbulg Point 







































to Cape Wrath . 



900 



17 



3 



6 



737 



10 



3 



17 



608 



13 



1 



16 



664 



14 





3 



518 



8 



3 



17 



c Cape Wrath to 











































Glasgow . . . 



403 



7 



1 



21 



274 



18 



1 



27 



209 



3 



3 



6 



205 



2 





7 



157 



8 



3 



10 



d Glasgow to the 











































Border . . . 



260 



3 



2 



6 



183 



6 



1 



19 



160 



9 



3 



15 



171 



13 



l 



S 



91 



12 







Totals . . . 



2,771 



7 





6 



2,034 



17 



1 



16 



1,865 



15 



3 



8 



2,056 



15 



i 



3 



1,651 



11 



2 



16 













Year 1919. 



Year 1920. 



Year 1921. 













District. 



























i 





















Tons. 



to 



t 





Jo 



Tons. 



te 



* 



a 



'A 

 & 



Tons. 



09 



QD 

 U 























D 



0? 







O 



& 



i-3 





q 



<y 















a B e r 



wick 



to 





































Cairnbulg Point 



1,027 



13 



2 



12* 



828 



14 





20 



1,736 



16 



2 



2 













b Cairnbulg Point 

































to Cape Wrath . 



520 



6 





S 



367 



2 



2 



22 



644 



7 



3 















c Cape 



Wrath 



to 





































Glasgow 







148 



4 



1 



1 



160 



10 



3 



7 



228 



19 





5 













d Glasgow to the 





































Border 







106 



16 







92 



10 







120 



19 

















Totals . . . 



1,802 



19 



3 



21J 



1,448 



17 



2 



21 



2,731 



2 



1 



7 











The outstanding features of the successful season have been the 

 very steady supply of salmon during the spring months, the rather 

 heavier weights of the spring fish, and the absence of grilse. The 

 abundant spring fish were also found to be of very fine quality. 



2. River Pollutions. 



The serious menace to the salmon and fresh water fisheries seen 

 in the slowly increasing pollutions, coupled with the abstraction of 

 water for various purposes, has been repeatedly referred to in the 

 Board's Annual Reports. On October 5th, 1921, a deputation on 

 the subject was received in London by the Minister of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries and the Secretary for Scotland, and as a result an 

 enquiry has been set on foot with the view of ascertaining to what 

 extent pollutions actually exist in Scotland. Steps are being taken 

 by the Board to collect definite information on the subject through 

 the medium of District Fishery Boards and Angling Associations, 



