Fishery Board for Scotland- 



I — Statistical 



Tables. 



29 



No. II.— continued. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





;ations. 





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 S1 



General Remarks. 







Cwts 



£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Drift and 

 cod nets, 

 and small 

 lines. 



Inverness. 

 Beauly, 

 and Moray 

 Firths. 









468 



170 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 





Most of the fishermen engaged in 

 herring fishing on the east and 

 west coasts from May to Sept- 

 ember, and thereafter in the 

 small herring and sprat fishings 

 in Inverness Firth. Decreases 

 in quantity and value of white 

 fish. 



Slight decreases in quantity and 

 value. Importance of creeks 

 declining. 



Fair improvement in quantity and 

 value of white fish, but marked 

 decrease in lobsters. 



Decreases in quantity and value of 

 white fish ; lobster fishing re- 

 sults similar to preceding years. 



Drift nets, 

 small 

 and hand 

 lines. 



Cod nets, 

 "mall and 

 hand lines. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and off the 

 "Sutors"l 

 to 8 miles. 



2 to 12 miles 

 E.byS. 



Dornoch 

 Firth, and 

 2 to 12 

 miles off 

 T a r b a t 

 Ness. 

 1 to 8 miles 

 off the creek. 



43 



32 



3,439 



6,194 

 2,747 



4,982 



7,829 

 3,179 



104 



143 



252 



Haddocks, 

 plaice, and 

 codlings. 





Small 

 lines. 



48 



32 



94 

 12,820 



102 

 16,560 



389 

 1,058 



Mussels. 





Of little importance as a fishing 

 creek. 



Output of mussels considerably 

 less. 



Lines. 



Lines and 

 nets. 

 Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 

 Lines. 



Lines, nets, 

 and creels. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 12 miles 

 off. 



227 

 236 



170 

 137 



4,361 

 3,606 

 1,447 



7,733 

 1,212 



6,197 

 4,263 

 1,702 



10,444 

 1,465 



438 

 80 

 365 



1,388 

 86 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Cod, haddocks, 



and plaice. 

 Codlings and 



haddocks. 

 Codlings. 



Haddocks, cod, 

 and codlings. 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 



2 

 1 



2 



Considerable increases in quantity 



and value. 

 Slight increases in quantity and 



value. 



Decrease in quantity, but value 



similar to last year's. 

 Fish landed here are carted to 



Helmsdale and included in tht 



Helmsdale landings. 

 Decreases in quantity and value 



of herrings, but considerable 



increases in other kinds. 

 Considerable decreases in quantity 



and value. 







463 



307 



18,359 



24,071 



2,357 





5 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



»> 



Nets and 

 lines. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



77 

 483 



) 



14 



44 



252 

 8 



347 



3,487 

 194 



362 



3,179 

 182 



45 



38 



Herring and 

 codling. 



( Herring, cod- 

 ■< ling, and had- 

 ( dock. 



Codling. 



2 



Decreases! in quantity and value 

 owing to failure of inshore her- 

 ring fishing. 



Do. In November Lybster har- 

 bour was gifted to the district 

 by the proprietor. 



An unimportant creek, Fishing 

 shows a falling off. 







574 



304 



4,028 



3,723 



83 





2 

























