Fishery Board for Scotland- 



' — Statistical 



Tables. 



33 



No. II. — continued. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





No. of Curing Stations. 





Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Creels and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



11 



\ 



Inshore. 



5 to 60 miles 

 E. by S. to 

 S.S.E. 



Inshore 

 •i 



Stronsay 

 Firth and 

 inshore. 



Inshore. 



»» 



5 to 35 miles 

 S.E. and 

 inshore. 



Scapa Flow 

 and inshore. 

 1 to 10 miles 



O 1X7' 



Inshore. 



Pen tland 

 Firth and 

 inshore. 



>> 



69,919 



> 



802 



56 

 116 



116 

 182 



42 



19,863 



333 



21 

 43 



65 

 135 



4 



18 



79 



614 



188 

 400 



1,938 

 157 

 97 

 108 



272 

 670 



673 



825 

 1,106 



52 



258 



216 

 409 



3,200 

 223 

 114 

 100 



351 

 997 



676 



991 

 1,392 



494 



555 



879 

 3G0 



1,070 

 482 

 112 

 100 



393 

 1,048 



443 



540 

 327 



Lobsters and 

 cod. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Lobsters and 

 cod. 



Cod, haddock, 

 and lobsters. 



>• 



Herrings and 

 cod. 



Haddock, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



Cod, haddock, 

 and lobsters. 



ii 



/Cod and lob- 

 1 sters. 



1 „ 



17 



4 



3 

 3 



Crofter fishermen. Decrease in 

 shell fish. 



Principal herring fishing station. 

 Operations in summer on re- 

 stricted scale, and results dis- 

 appointing. Decrease of £41,232 

 in value of herrings landed. 

 Slight decrease in value of 

 lobsters. 



| Crofter fishermen. Lobster fish- 



•! ing is vigorously prosecuted 



l_ throughout year. Slight de- 

 crease in value of shell fish. 



Crofter fishermen. Line fishing 

 results very unsatisfactory, and 

 considerable decrease also in 

 shell fish. 



Results of line fisheries as last 

 year, but decrease in value of 

 shell fish. No herring's cured. 



Crofter fishermen. Decrease in 

 line fish ; slight increase in value 

 of shell fish. 



Herring fishing neglected since 

 1914 ; fisheries otherwise unim- 

 portant. 



Line and shell fisheries unim- 

 portant. Five crews took part 

 in Stronsay herring fishing with 

 moderate success. 



Decreasein line fish. Lobster fish- 

 ing successful throughout year. 



Regular fishermen. Fisheries less 

 productive ; considerable de- 

 crease in line fish ; decrease of 

 20% in value of shell fish. 



Crofter fishermen. Decrease of 

 28% in value of shell fish, but 

 line fishing results similar. 



Chiefly crofter fishermen. Line 

 and lobster fisheries successful 

 throughout year. 



Satisfactory increase in landings. 



f Crofter fishermen. Line fishing 



\ successful, especially during 



I summer, but decrease of £1,056 

 in value of shell fish. 







71,240 



20,482 



7,355 



9,190 



8.567 





27 





Lines. 



1 Nets and 

 j lines. 



} •• 



} •• 



Tn qIi nrA 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



1 

 i 



) 



4,298 



1,456 



704 

 460 



20 



609 

 367 



14 





Cod, ling, saithe, 

 haddocks, and 

 halibut. 



Herrings and 

 haddocks. 



Haddocks. 



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 J 1 



1:: 

 v.. 



{i 



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^ Crofting district. Falling off in 

 | great line fishing owing to slack 

 y demand for drying. Men mostly 

 | employed at Lerwick herring 

 J fishing during summer. 

 \Big decrease in landings. Only 

 / one curing station was open, as 

 against three in 1920, which 

 chiefly accounts for decrease. A 

 number of men were employed 

 at the local copper mines. 

 | Crofting district. Little fishing 

 ) carried on. Fishermen were 

 employed at herring fishing at 

 Lerwick. 



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