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Clams. 



The Firth of Forth beds furnish practically all the clams landed 

 in Scotland. In 1911 the total quantity landed was 10,261 cwts., 

 which realised £1536, as compared with 9947 cwts. and £1501 in the 

 preceding year. 



Unclassified Shell-fish. 



The returns under this heading relate chiefly to cockles, shrimps, 

 and periwinkles. The total landings amounted to 40,644 cwts., 

 valued at £9927, or 5896 cwts. and £1757 less than in the preceding 

 year. 



The following table shows the quantity and value of the different 

 kinds of shell-fish landed in Scotland since 1902, inclusive : — 



Oysters. 



Mussels. 



Clams. 



Year. 



100's. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



1902 2,909 



1903 2,116 



1904 2,501 



1905 2,180 



1906 3,896 



1907 10,203 



1908 9,424 



1909 12,270 



1910 8,771 



1911 11,540 



1,251 

 894 

 937 

 865 

 1,568 

 3,456 

 3.411 

 4,414 

 3,473 

 4,075 



8/7 

 8/5 

 7/6 

 7/11 



8/ 



6/9 



7/3 



7/2 



7/11 



7/1 



95,663 

 102,958 



92,142 

 102,927 

 128,486 

 126,453 

 121,161 

 109,529 



98.817 

 103,217 



5,445 

 6,207 

 6,046 

 6,065 

 7,222 

 6,334 

 5,529 

 4,881 

 4,476 

 5,066 



1/2 



1/2 



1/2 



1/4 



1/2 



1/2 

 Al 

 /ll 

 /H 



1/ 



4,320 

 4,606 

 6,993 

 7,848 

 7,391 

 7,197 

 8,633 

 7,404 

 9,947 

 10,261 



586 

 637 

 944 

 1,129 

 1,083 

 953 

 1.264 

 1,143 

 1,501 

 1,536 



2/9 



2/9 



2/8 



2/10 



2/11 



2/8 



2/11 



3/1 



3/- 



3/- 





Lobsters. 



Crabs. 



Unclassified Shell-fish. 



Total 

 Value. 



Year. 



100's. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



100's. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 100. 



Cwts. 



Value 

 £ 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



£ 



1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 



7,864 

 7,055 

 7,964 

 7,603 

 7,316 

 7,149 

 6,890 

 7,122 

 6,977 

 6,420 



37,114 

 34,567 

 38,323 

 36,317 

 35,957 

 34,950 

 33,748 

 33,857 

 34,795 

 32,101 



94/5 

 98/- 

 96/3 

 95/6 

 98/4 

 97/9 

 98/- 

 95/1 

 99/9 

 100/ 



30,763 

 25,657 

 23,993 

 19,903 

 20,916 

 22,176 

 27,367 

 26,346 

 22,071 

 23,573 



18,520 

 16,314 

 14,540 

 11,675 

 13,182 

 13,774 

 16,515 

 15,582 

 13,831 

 14,650 



12/- 



12/9 



12/1 



11/9 



12/7 



12/5 



12/1 



11/10 



12/6 



12/5 



55,469 

 55,443 

 57,031 

 53,220 

 45,594 

 44,749 

 49,263 

 45,726 

 46,540 

 40,644 



15,035 

 14,979 

 16,010 

 14,611 

 13,310 

 12.737 

 13,595 

 12,515 

 11,634 

 9,927 



5/5 



5/5 



5/7 



5/6 



5/10 



5/8 



5/6 



5/6 



5/- 



4/11 



77,951 

 73,598 

 76,800 

 70,662 

 72,322 

 72,204 

 74,062 

 72,392 

 69,760 

 67,355 



Operations of Scottish Fishermen at English and Irish 

 Herring Fishings. 



The annual exodus of Scottish fishermen to the East Anglian herring 

 fishing in 1911 was considerably smaller than in 1910, although the 

 Irish fishings attracted 37 more vessels than in the preceding year. 

 The falling off in the number which went to the English fishing was 

 due entirely to the abstention of the sailing boats, a number of which 

 elected to try the loch herring fishings on the West Coast in preference 

 to going to England. Still, the fleet which went was a sufficiently 

 powerful one, numbering as it did more than 1000 vessels, and 



