of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



xix 



Eyemouth. Fraserburgh. Buckie. 



Boat, 

 Gear, 

 Crew, 



5/19 2/8 2/8 



7/19 3/8 2/8 



7/19 3/8 4/8 



Sailing Boats. 



The usual method is to divide the net earnings into 13 shares, of 

 which the crew get 6, the balance being divided in varying propor- 



The boats employed on the Clyde are of a smaller type, and carry 

 a crew of four men each. They usually employ the seine-net, for 

 which purpose they work in pairs — two motor boats, a motor and a 

 sail boat, or two sailing boats, as the case may be. Where there are 

 two motors, the proceeds are divided into 13 shares; where there is 

 one motor boat and one sailing boat, 12i shares ; and where there are 

 two sailing boats, 12 shares. The method of sharing is 1 share for 

 each net, | share for each boat, \ share for each motor, the remainder 

 being divided among the two crews. 



With the exception referred to at Aberdeen, hired hands are very 

 rarely employed at a fixed weekly wage. They are almost invariably 

 placed on the same footing as the remainder of the crew, and receive 

 an equal share with those who have an interest in the boat or nets of 

 the proportion of the .net earnings allocated for division among the 

 crew. They are, however, frequently under contract to serve for a 

 season. 



The results of the fishing operations of 1911 were eminently satis- 

 factory, for, if the herring catch compared somewhat unfavourably with 

 that of 1910, it was still above the 5,000,000 cwt. standard first reached 

 in 1904 (below which it has twice fallen since that year), while the 

 catch of white-fish was the highest on record. As has already been 

 reported, the total quantity of fish landed in Scotland in 1911 (ex- 

 clusive of shell-fish) was 8,175,731 cwts., valued at £2,978,000, or 

 533,924 cwts. and £122,387 less than in the preceding year. The 

 decrease in quantity is more than accounted for by the falling off in 

 the catch of herrings, while the decrease in value is attributable partly 

 to herrings and in a less degree to the lower prices realised for trawled 

 fish. Towards the gross catch herrings and other pelagic fish con- 

 tributed 63 per cent., trawled fish 26 per cent., and demersal fish 

 taken by net and line 11 per cent., as compared with 66, 24, and 10 per 

 cent, respectively in 1910, while as regards value the corresponding per- 

 centages were 51, 35, and 14. The average price per cwt. obtained 

 was 7s. 3d., as compared with 7s. Id. per cwt. in 1910 and 7s. 9d. per 



Hired Hands. 



FISH LANDED. 



I. Total Catch. 



