Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



31 



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 Si 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



Cwts. 





£ 









Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift net, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 

 1 to 7 miles 



off. Herring, 



(summer), 15 

 to 60 miles 

 E. by N. to 

 S.E. ; (win- 

 ter), 3 to 20 

 miles off 

 north coast. 



1 to 7 miles 

 off. 



Sinclair Bay. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off the coast 

 of island. 

 Pentland 



Skerries, 

 1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



Dunnet Bay. 



2 to 20 miles 

 off North 

 Coast. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



Sandside Bay. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



317,681 

 70 



146,177 

 60 



246 

 12,490 



785 

 2,110 

 1,235 



528 



347 

 10,003 



751 

 2,400 

 1,166 



220 



247 

 179 



77 

 71 

 1,211 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



Codlings. 



Haddock, cod, 



and plaice. 

 Codlings, crabs, 



and lobsters. 

 Codlings. 



60 



2 



Improvement in results. 



Falling off in herrings landed ; 

 winter fishing failed through 

 over-supply of markets and 

 summer fishing through scarcity 

 of herrings. Increase in other 

 kinds. 



Considerable increases in quantity 



and value of line fish. 

 Do. do. but decrease in shell 



fish. 



Improvement in line and shell 



fish fishings. 

 Results show a falling off. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



i » 



Lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



s. 



I '* 

 J 



| 99 



34,533 



119 



}» 



44 

 21,242 



57 

 279 



1,251 



438 



1 597 



160 

 9,162 



61 



630 



618 



673 



548 



1,356 



154 

 10,246 



35 

 370 



500 



325 



57 



650 

 2 



965 



142 

 232 



175 



Codlings and 

 lobsters. 



Codlings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Haddock and 

 saithe. 



Herrings, cod, 

 halibut, skate, 

 and lobsters. 



Codling and 

 lobsters. 



Herring, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



6 



Increase in quantity of line fish, 

 but considerable decreases in 

 values of line fish and shell fish. 



Slight increase in line fish, but 

 decrease in shell fish. 



IncrfcisG in line fisli, but d6cr6<\s6S 

 in herrings and shell fish. 



A slight increase. 



Large decreases in quantity and 

 value of herrings, but increases 

 in line fish and shell fish. 



A falling off. 



Results show a slight improve- 

 ment. 



Increase in quantity, but decrease 

 in value of landings. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



12 



| 218 



70 

 91 



8 

 94 



40 



25 



25 

 424 



83 

 1,018 



21 

 400 



43 

 480 



110 



348 



265 

 319 



Lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 dock, and 

 lobsters. 



Haddock and 

 lobsters. 





A slight increase. 



A decrease in net and line fish, but 

 an increase in shell fish. 



Do. do. do. 

 A considerable increase. 



i> 



213 



73 



209 



170 



1,051 



Herrings, had- 

 docksdobsters, 

 and unclassi- 

 fied shell fish. 





A falling off in landings, due to 

 stormy weather in latter hali 

 of year. 







353,883 



168,099 



33,070 



29,883 



6,426 





68 





Creels and 

 lines. 



Inshore. 



North Sound 

 and inshore. 







58 

 170 



48 

 163 



679 

 1,085 



Lobsters. 



Lobsters and 

 cod. 





\ Crofter fishermen. Lobster fish- 

 V ing actively prosecuted during 

 I summer and autumn. Decrease 

 of 30% in the value of shell fish. 

 Crofter fishermen. Line fishing a 



failure, but increase of 38% in 



value of lobster catch. 



