Fishery Board for Scotland- 



I — Statistical 



Tables. 



39 



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. 



£ 



£ 









)Nets, 

 ! lines, 

 [ and 

 J creels. 



»> 

 >> 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, 

 >- lines, and 

 j creels. 



Offshore and 

 Dunvegan 

 Bank. 



Off shore. 



Minch! 

 it 



13,518 



121 

 634 



55,700 



13,503 



60 

 '304 



56,097 



377 



136 



"63 

 700 



2,274 



168 



44 



"38 

 575 



720 



2,193 



507 



138 

 1,342 



1,673 



Herring, cod, 

 saithe, flounders, 

 lobsters, and 

 whelks. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings, lob- 

 sters. 



Ling and 

 flounders. 



/Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 plaice, 

 flounders, 

 lobsters, 

 cockles, and 



v whelks. 



4 



*3 

 1 



u 



Four curing stations were opened 

 at Lochrnaddy, whereas practi- 

 cally no herrings were landed in 

 1920. White fish a decrease. 

 Lobsters show an increase in 

 numbers but a decrease in value. 



Herrings decreased by over 50%, 

 and lobsters by 30%. 



Similar to last year. 



Herrings decreased by 58%. and 



lobsters by 24%. Other fisheries 



increased. 

 Increases in quantity and value. 



\ Herrings show an increase of 

 \_ 42% in quantity and 96% in 

 | value. Other fisheries show a 

 J slight decrease, principally in 



cod and ling. Lobsters show a 



37% increase in value. 







69,973 



69,964 



4,362 



2,048 



7,259 





25 





^ Nets, 

 1 lines, and 

 >-creels. 

 1 



) 



Inshore and 

 Lochs Clash 

 andlnchard. 













Herrings, cod- 

 ling, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 





A section of crofter and regular 

 fishermen who operate chiefly 

 for herrings and lobsters. Lob- 

 sters show a decrease. The 

 herring fishing in Loch Inchard 

 in the fall of the year was 

 hindered by stormy weather. 

 Herrings show an increase of 

 1,408 cwts. 







3,759 



712 



395 



328 



329 











) ' 



Inshore and 

 Lochs Lax- 

 ford and 

 Cairnbawn. 



28 



10 



107 



79 



787 



Lobsters. 





Crofter fishermen. The lobster 

 fishery was successfully prose- 

 cuted, and increases of 2,905 and 

 £139 are recorded. No large 

 herring shoals were found in 

 Loch Laxford. 



i ■ 



Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Cairnbawn. 



402 



201 



922 



489 



613 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 





Crofter fishermen. Landings of 

 herrings and lobsters show a 

 marked decrease. No herring 

 shoal in Loch Glendhu during 

 autumn. 























