Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 17 



.No. II. 



Fishing Creek or Station on the Scottish Coasts during the year 1921. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





No. of Curing Stations. 





Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings 





Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 





£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Trawl and 

 drift nets 

 and lines. 



The North 



Sea. 















Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod, 

 and flat fish. 



18 



28,025 crans herrings landed, value 

 £81,450. Decreases of 22,062 

 crans and £07,391 from previous 

 year. Decrease also in the num- 

 ber of trawlers employed. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



*> 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



1 ! 



2 to 20 miles 

 offshore. 



Inshore. 



*i 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 













:;} 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, crabs 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, crabs 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, crabs 

 and lobsters. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, crabs 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, plaice, 

 crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 crabs and 

 lobsters. 



2 

 1 



3 



3 



4 



5 



Decrease in landings. 



22 crans herrings landed, value £95, 

 against 988 crans and £2,219 in 

 previous year. Average white 

 fishing. 



15 crans herrings landed, value £79. 



Average line and crab fishing. 

 Average fishing. 



Do. do. 

 Decrease in landings. 

 Average fishing. 



Do. do. 

 General decrease. 947 crans her- 

 rings landed, value £1,984. 



Average fishing. 



Decrease in landings. 

 General decrease. 2,655 crans her- 

 rings landed, value £4,874. 



Average fishing. 



( Average line and crab fishing. 



i 



1 



! Marked decrease in herrings. 

 ^ 1908 crans landed, value £3,534. 



















36 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



i> 



54,731 



33,653 



2,796 

 -5,460 



3,387 

 6,723 



7,458 

 98 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, crabs 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings and 

 skate. 



14 



Decrease in white fish and lobster 

 •returns ; marked increase in 

 crabs. Two local crews prose- 

 cuted summer herring fishing. 



Decrease in line fish landed. 

 Winter herring fishing exception- 

 ally good, but poor results ob- 

 tained from summer herring 

 fishing. Forty-five crews prose- 

 cuted autumn herring fishing 

 at Yarmouth, which proved un- 

 satisfactory. 



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