Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



No. II. — continued. 



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Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Firth of Forth 



Firth of Forth 

 and North 



Nets.line^ 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 Seine floun- 

 der nets, set 

 nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel 

 Dredging. 



Bag-Nets. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles off. 



Along the 

 coast. 



St. Andrews 

 Bay and 

 to Bell 



Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tay. 



Trawling 



and 

 Bag-Nets. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



River Tay and 

 from 5 to 60 

 miles E. 

 and E.S.E 

 from Bell 

 Rock. 



Tay Estu- 

 ary. 



Along coast . 



Herring Vicinity of 



and seine Bell Rock 



nets, Hues and 1 to 30 



and creels, miles off. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Along coast. 



Cwts. 

 171 

 18 



32,637 



6,120 

 46,480 



2,776 



88,203 



583 



123 



377 



19,623 



3,384 

 25,474 

 733 



Cwts. 

 3,188 

 66 

 2,119 

 117 

 1,123 



13,049 

 672 

 1,265 



20 

 5,843 



49.294 



1,873 



29,335 



292 



25 



170 



72,618 



113 



56 

 42 

 30,481 



248 



392 



104 

 3,288 



167 

 2,195 



22,294 

 956 

 1,147 



25 

 7,725 



45,650 



3,361 



267 

 10 



1,853 

 1,700 



S,133 



Haddocks and 

 codling. 



Plaice, codling, 



herring and 



haddocks. 

 Haddock, 



codling, and 



plaice. 



Haddock, 

 codling, and 

 plaice. 



Herring, cod- 

 ling and skate 



Haddocks, her- 

 ring, codling, 

 and plaice. 



Herring, cod- 

 ling, and had- 

 docks. 



Herring, cod- 

 ling, and had- 

 docks. 



Codling, plaice 

 and lobsters. 



Plaice, codling, 

 and haddocks 



Mussels. 



Mussels. 



Sparlings, 

 flounders, and 

 sprats. 



104,587 



117 



45 

 58,285 



246 



13? 



103 

 477 



Haddock, 

 cod and cod- 

 ling, whiting, 

 sprats, and 

 flat fish. 



Herrings 

 and codlings. 



Crabs. 



Crabs and 



lobsters. 

 Haddocks, 



plaice, and 



codlings. 



Codlings 



Decreases of 11% in quantity and 

 17% in value as compared with 

 1920. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station. 



Increases of 17% in quantity and 



49% in value, chiefly in haddocks 



and plaice. 

 Of no importance as a fishing 



station. Slight decreases in 



quantity and value. 

 Very large increase in landings of 



herrings, due to revival of the 



winter fishing. Other kinds 



show slight decrease. 

 Do. Haddocks and plaice, slight 



increases in quantity and value. 



Do. Cod show decreases of 40% 

 in quantity and 63% in value. 



An increase of 80% in total quan- 

 tity, but a decrease in the total 

 va ue of 21% owing to the pre- 

 ponderance of herrings. A 

 slight decrease in the value of 

 shell fish. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station. 



Very large increases in landings of 

 plaice, due to the adoption of 

 flounder seine nets, but corre- 

 sponding decreases in landings 

 of cod and haddocks. 



Increase of £827 in value of 

 mussels. 



Increase of £143 in value of 

 mussels. 



Decreases of 80% in quantity and 

 39% in value due to light land- 

 ings of sprats. 



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Increases in quantity and value 

 of trawl fish landed, but large 

 • decrease in sprats. 



Decreases of 80% in quantity and 

 90% in value of whit e fish due to 

 falling off in plaice and dabs. 



Unimportant creek. 



Do. 



Increases of 45*5% in quantity and 

 34% in value of white fish due to 

 successful seine net fishing ; but 

 decrease of 41% in value of shell 

 fish. 



White fish fishing similar to last 

 year. Shell-fish fishing entirely 

 neglected. 



