of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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2. WHITE FISH FISHING. 



After the herring fishery, the next most important branch of the 

 industry in Scotland is the white-fish fishing. This fishing is carried 

 on by means of two classes of vessels and two methods of fishing — the 

 vessels differentiated by their methods of propulsion (steam or sails 

 and oars), and the methods of fishing, whether by trawls or by lines. 

 We will deal with the results of these methods (1) in the aggregate, 

 and (2) separately. 



The following are the totals of the white-fishing since 1900 : — 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 





Cwts. 



£ 



1900 



1,834,498 



1,074,600 



1901 



2,024,867 



1,166,919 



1902 



2,076,580 



1,133,088 



1903 



2,168,973 



1,145,887 



1904 



2,459,373 



1,202,942 



1905 



2,481,085 



1,296,727 



1906 



2,558,574 



1,306,529 



1907 



2,696,943 



1,334,797 



1908 



2,917,295 



1,351,108 



1909 



2,830.728 



1,305,811 



1910 



2,968,598 



1.491,339 



1911 



3,055,099 



1,457,975 



The striking feature of this table is the slow but steady increase, 

 both in quantity and value, of the white fishery of Scotland. 



The next two tables show the proportion in which the above 

 result is contributed to by the two different methods of fishing : — 



Trawling. 



Year. 



No of Vessels 

 (Steam). 



Catch. 



Quantity. 



Value. 







Cwts. 



£. 



1900 



232 



1,073,164 



699,587 



1901 



256 



1,325,072 



820,813 



1902 



275 



1,465,073 



812,229 



1903 



280 



1,566,370 



829,932 



1904 



270 



1,705,633 



841,757 



1905 



266 



1,745,431 



948,117 



1906 



274 



1,870,517 



957,008 



1907 



287 



2,061,336 



985,751 



1908 



311 



2,092,411 



971,972 



1909 



314 



2,020,209 



953,259 



1910 



320 



2,102,031 



1,102,976 



1911 



328 



2,127,001 



1,039,076 



