Fishery Board for Scotland- 



\ — Statistical 



Tables. 



23 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



Geveral Remarks. 





Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Herring 



and seine 



nets, lines 

 and mussel 



dredging. 



Lines and 



creels. 

 Seine and 



cod nets, 



lines and 



creels. 



Along coast. 



1 to 25 miles 

 off and 

 South Esk 

 river. 



Along coast. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



1 to 25 miles 

 off. 



Cwts. 



1" 

 1 



J 



£ 



19 



Cwts. 

 11 



14,169 



84 

 3,220 



21,792 



£ 



13 



21,242 



95 

 5,719 



22,799 



£ 



69 

 194 

 2,298 



110 

 570 



637 



Crabs and 



lobsters. 

 Mussels and 



whelks. 

 Haddock, cod, 



codlings and 



plaice. 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Haddock?, 

 cod and cod- 

 lings, whiting 

 and crabs. 



4 



5 



Unimportant creek. 



Fishermen land their catches at 

 Montrose. 



Steam trawlers operate from Aber- 

 deen. A decrease in trawl land- 

 ings is counterbalanced by an 

 increase in line and net landings. 



Creek of no importance. 



Line and net fishing similar to 

 last year, but decrease of 30% 

 in ralue of shell fish. 



Slight increase in quantity, but 

 decrease of £5,183 in value of 

 white fish. Decrease of 33% in 

 value of shell fish. The trawler 

 operates from Aberdeen. 



1,125 



506 



142,834 



213,175 



4,656 



17 



Lines and 

 crab creels. 

 >> 



Nets, lines, 

 and crab 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 crab creels. 



1 to 3 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 6 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 60 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



42 



41 



53 

 589 

 15,402 



94 

 450 



58 

 589 

 15,224 



79 

 360 



463 

 1,257 



96 



50 

 16 



Codlings, crabs 

 and lobsters, 

 it 



Haddocks, cod 

 lings, whitings, 

 mackerel, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 



lobsters. 

 Haddocks, whit- 



ings, and 



lobsters. 



5 



Slight increases in both white fish 

 and shell fish. 



Do. do. do. 



Increases in quantity and value of 

 white fish ; decrease in herrings ; 

 shell fish, no change. 



Decreases in both white fish and 



shell fish. 

 Increases in both white fish and 



shell fish. 



42 



41 



16,588 



16,310 



1,882 



5 



Small and 

 hand lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Trawl, 

 lines, and 

 nets. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



North Sea 

 in L&t. 53° 

 to 61° N. 

 Orkney, 

 Shetland, 

 North- 

 western 

 Grounds, 

 St. Hilda, 

 Rockall, 

 Flan nan 

 Isles, Butt 

 of Lewis, 

 West Coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Faroe, and 

 Iceland. 



31,166 



17,066 



643 



1,091 



1,179 

 1636024 



603 



1,010 



1,134 

 2413240 



16 



66 



214 

 6 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 whitings. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, andcrabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 ling, saithe, 

 whiting, hake, 

 herring, hali 

 but, lemon 

 soles, plaice, 

 skate, meg- 

 rims, etc. 



Kipper curers 6 ; Tinners 5 ; \ ^ 

 and white fish curers 162. / c© " 



blight increases in both white fish 

 and shell fish. 



Results similar to last year's. 



Slight increases in both white fish 

 and shell fish. 



Large decreases in quantity and 

 value of herrings. White fish also 

 show considerable decreases, 

 notwithstanding great increase 

 in number of arrivals. 



31,166 



17,060 



1638937 



2415987 



302 



173 























