Fishery Board for Scotland- 



I — Statistical 



Tables. 



35 



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. 



General Remarks. 



Herrings 





Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



1.. 

 J 



} ■ 



Nets and 

 lines. 



j- Lines. 



>: 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



•i 



Lines. 



Inshore. 



1 to 70 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 

 1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



a 



Inshore. 



M 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 40 miles 

 off. 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



Cwts. 

 1 572738 



1 



J- 4,348 



J 



| 2,174 



I 

 / 



| 28 



1 



■ 5,569 



i 



J 



£ 



196,456 

 1,042 



603 



6 



2,301 



Cwts. 

 14,990 



3,273 



566 



98 

 890 



535 

 207 



506 

 7,037 



£ 



10,227 



2,506 



275 



60 

 482 



295 

 214 



295 

 7,674 



£ 



429 

 5 



39 

 496 



( Herrings, mac- 

 < kerel, cod, ling, 

 ( tusk, saithe, 

 haddocks, 

 whitings 

 halibut, and 

 skate. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, halibut, 

 and whitings. 



Saithe, had- 

 docks, and 

 whitings. 



Saithe and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, 

 saithe, had- 

 docks, and 

 halibut. 



Saithe and 

 haddocks. 



Saithe, had- 

 docks and 

 halibut. 



Cod, ling, saithe 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 halibut and 

 mussels. 



/ 9 



1 39 



1 2 

 1 1 



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 \ 



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75 



\ Total increase in catch was 

 > 273,930 cwts. and decrease in 

 / value £25,5S9, chiefly referable 

 to herrings, price of which was 

 low owing to absence of Guaran- 

 tee. Haddock catch shows in- 

 crease, but value was less, and 

 catch and value of halibut was 

 down considerably. 

 ^ The landings at Whalsay and 

 | Skerries show increases of 4,565 

 }• cwts. and £699, chiefly in her- 

 i rings and haddocks. One her- 

 ) ring curing station was open. 



Crofting district. Increasing 

 attention being devoted to 

 agriculture. 



Do. do. do. 



^ Single curing station open at 

 I Baltasound was dependent on 

 )- chance arrivals by boats fishing 

 I from Lei wick. Local fishermen 



J spend most time on their crofts. 



1 Crofting district. Fishing al- 

 j most neglected. 



\ Less attention paid to fishing 

 ! than formerly, chiefly because 

 J of costly and irregular transport. 



1 Results similar to 1920. Most of 

 ! the men manned boats only dur- 

 [ ing the summer herring fishing 

 • at Lerwick. 



J 



~) A number of curing stations were 

 opened at Scalloway in early 

 | summer, but season terminated 

 t when Lerwick fishing began. A 

 [ good haddock fishing from Scal- 

 loway had to be discontinued 

 1 when returns from Aberdeen 

 J fell away in spring. Increase 

 in catch of herrings and had- 

 docks, but decrease in net cod 

 and line halibut ; increase on 

 whole of 1774 cwts. and £244. 



589,155 



201,864 



29,286 



23,018 



969 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



The Minch 

 and Sea 

 Lochs. 



1,420 



532 



1,797 

 922 



731 

 758 



206 



Cod, ling, saithe, 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 





Results similar to last year. 



Increase in herring landings, but 

 white fish shows a decrease. 

 Lobster fishing received in- 

 creased attention. 



