THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 T. M'KINNON WOOD, MP., 



His Majesty' s Secretary for Scotland. 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, IQtk April 1912. 



Sir — 



In terms of the Act 45 & 46 Vict., c. 78, we, the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland, have the honour to present this our Thirtieth Annual 

 Report, being for the year ended 31st December 1911 : — 



PART I.— GENERAL STATEMENT. 



The number of vessels engaged in the sea fisheries of Scotland 

 during 1911 was 9543, manned by crews amounting in the aggregate 

 to 38,626. 



The fish landed amounted to 8,175,731 cwts. (exclusive of shell-fish), 

 of the value of £2,978,000. The value of the shell-fish was £67,356, 

 thus bringing the total value of all kinds of lish landed to £3,045,356. 



In both quantity and value this is only the fourth highest record. 

 In value it shows a decrease from 1910 of £55,032, but an excess of 

 £119,690 over the average result of the previous five years. 



Summary of Means of Capture. 

 The following table gives in summary form the means of capture 

 employed and the resulting catches with their value since 1898 : — 



Year. 



1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 



Number 

 of 



Vessels. 



11,576 

 11,245 

 11,275 

 11,201 

 11,097 

 11,008 

 10,891 

 10,581 

 10,554 

 10,365 

 10,078 

 9,889 

 9,724 

 9,543 



Tonnage. 



113,557 

 114,448 

 119,426 

 124,639 

 131,692 

 140,531 

 140,396 

 136,385 

 142,081 

 144,385 

 142,505 

 139,973 

 139,701 

 137,930 



Value of 

 Boats and 

 Gear. 



£ 



2,029,384 

 2,383,776 

 2,711,877 

 3,001,301 

 3,212,455 

 3,448,168 

 3,431,284 

 3,304,695 

 4,117,549 

 4,857,816 

 5,223,149 

 5,291,533 

 5,439,857 

 5,628,087 



Total Catch.* 



Quantity. 



Cwts. 

 6,558,768 

 5,145,076 

 5,369,265 

 6,385,170 

 6,866,028 

 6,518,808 

 7,947,829 

 7,856,310 

 7,593,369 

 9,018,153 

 8,645,252 

 7,423,185 

 8,709,655 

 8,175,731 



Value. 



£ 



1,879,866 

 2,189,933 

 2,325,994 

 2,238,310 

 2,502,668 

 2,401,287 

 2,231,102 

 2,649,148 

 2,977,593 

 3,149,127 

 2,512,162 

 2,889,107 

 3,100,387 

 3,045,355 



Excluding shell-fish, which are sold partly by number {e.g., oysters) and partly by weight 

 (e.<7,. mussels), and have no common measure except value. 



