Fishery Board for Scotland- 



\ — Statistical 



Tables. 



19 



No. II. — continued. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





tations. 





Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing S 



General Remarks. 

























Cwts. 





Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 







405 



452 



2,593 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, crabs 

 and lobsters. 





Improvement in crab and lobster 

 returns. Line fish mostly landed 

 at Eyemouth. Eleven crews 

 participated in summer herring 

 fishing, and one in the autumn 

 herring fishing at Lowestoft, 

 both of which proved unre- 

 munerative. 







54,731 



33,653 



8,661 



10,562 



10,149 





14 





















36 





















50 





Crab creels. 



Creels and 

 lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Dredges. 



Nets and 

 line . 



Otter 

 trawling. 



Bag-nets. 

 »> 



Drift nets. 



1 to 5 miles 



offshore. 

 1 to 10 miles 



offshore. 



Adjacent 

 waters. 



1 to 5 miles 



offshore. 

 Adj acent 



waters. 



Firth of Forth 



North Sea. 



Upperreache* 

 of Firth of 

 Forth. 



Foreshores. 



2,145 

 210 



268 



27,897 



2,894 

 16 

 90 



420 



781 

 424 



1,222 

 368 



113 



18,911 



2,081 

 8 

 31 



423 



479 

 264 



735 

 2,802 



1,327 

 19,617 



162 



390 



•i7,223 



385,058 

 808 

 15,110 



6,076 



352 

 4,693 



2,262 

 41,046 



205 

 697 



26,818 



454,63S 

 493 

 1,446 



929 



1,452 

 3 177 



437 

 918 



51 

 34 

 133 

 264 



Lobsters and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, had- 

 d o c k and 

 crabs. 



Haddock and 

 lobsters. 



Codling, had- 

 dock and 

 plaice. 



Codling and 



haddock. 

 Herrings and 



codling. 

 Mussels. 



Herrings, cod- 

 ling and had- 

 dock. 



Codling, had- 

 dock, and 

 flat fish. 



Codling. 



Sprat . 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 

 Herrings. 



2 



3 

 10 



Decreased catch and value of 

 crabs and lobsters. 



Decrease in catch and value of 

 crabs and lobsters, but increase 

 in quantity of white fish. 

 Do. do. do. 



Increase in quantity and value due 

 to more active prosecution of 

 small line fishing. 



Returns almost similar to those of 

 1920. 



Slight increase in quantity and 

 value. 



Decrease in quantity of mussels 

 dredged. 



Large increases in quantity and 

 value attributable to greater 

 success of herring and line 

 fishings. 



Decreases in quantity and value of 

 trawled fish due to various 

 labour disputes. 



Decreases in quantity and value. 



Large increase in quantity, but 



value about same as last year. 



Sprats were very plentiful but 



demand was poor. 

 Increase in quantity, bnt value 



similar to that of 1920. 

 Decreases in quantity and value. 

 Returns about the same as last 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 





584 

 735 

 505 

 5 



415 

 471 



333 

 5 



35 

 324 

 583 

 533 > 



68 

 504 

 874 



558 



2 



Herrings and 



codling. 

 Herrings and 



haddock. 

 Codling and 



Haddock. 





year. 



Decreases in quantity and value 



of herrings. 

 Increases in quantity and value. 



Do. do. do. 



Returns about the same as last 

 year. 







36,974 



25,124 



460,783 



535,583 



6,468 





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