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it was rewarded by a most successful season, although it is to be 

 regretted that, as in 1910, earnings were in many cases considerably 

 reduced by heavy losses of gear. The success attained in Irish waters 

 was also much better than in 1910, so that altogether Scottish fisher- 

 men had every reason to congratulate themselves upon the results of 

 their operations in the sister countries. 



A table showing the results of the English and Irish fishings for 

 the last ten years, in so far as they affected Scottish fishermen, 

 appears in the General Statement at the beginning of this Report, 

 while the subjoined return gives detailed results for 1911. 



Statement showing the Number of Scottish Fishing Boats employed, 

 and the Quantity and Value of Herrings Landed by them, at 

 the English and Irish Fishings. 



Scottish 

 District 



Partictilars of Fishing 



Particulars of Fishing 







on Coasts of England. 



on Coasts of Ireland. 



Total 



Total 



to which 































Cwts. 



Value. 



Boats belong. 



Boats. 



Cwts. 



Value. 



Boats. 



Cwts. 



Value. 













£ 







£ 







Eyemouth - 



45 



51,555 



16,752 



7 



7,259 



2,298 



58,814 



19,050 



Leith - 



22 



18,515 



6,280 



6 



1,855 



530 



20,370 



6,810 



Anstruther - 



148 



194,792 



56,972 



1 



462 



145 



195,254 



57,117 



Montrose 



68 



25,669 



7,976 









25,669 



7,976 



Stonehaven - 



11 



2,853 



728 









2,853 



728 



Aberdeen - 



42 



92,806 



28,775 









92,806 



28,775 



Peterhead - 



125 



238,637 



75,000 



6 



3,514 



803 



242,151 



75,803 



Fraserburgh 



72 



119,370 



39,149 



29 



49,755 



11,813 



169,125 



50,962 



Banff - 



90 



161,388 



47,753 



52 



67,900 



14,270 



229,288 



62,023 



Buckie 



280 



625,730 



182,000 



76 



67,480 



19,280 



693,210 



201,280 



Findhorn 



124 



248,693 



81,600 



60 



66,706 



16,200 



315,399 



97,800 



Helmsdale - 



9 



11,700 



4,030 









11,700 



4,030 



Shetland 



3 



7,116 



2,327 









7,116 



2,327 



Totals - 



1,039 



1,798,824 



549,342 



237 



264,931 



65,339 



2,063,755 



614,681 



In all, 1039 vessels went to the English fishing, and these vessels 

 landed 1,798,824 cwts., valued at £549,342, or 555,617 cwts. and 

 £92,814 more than in 1910. Last season's operations must indeed be 

 accounted by far and away the most successful of the series, for 

 although the quantity has once been previously exceeded — in 1907 — 

 the value easily establishes a record, exceeding the previous highest 

 figures — those for 1905 — by £64,064, or more than 13 per cent. In 

 both those years, moreover, the number of boats engaged was much 

 larger than in 1911, a fact which still further enhances the season's 

 results, since it follows that both the average catch and the average 

 earnings per vessel were greater during the year under review than in 

 either 1905 or 1907. As a matter of fact, these averages were much 

 in advance of those for any previous year. 



In so far as this fishing is concerned, the supplanting of sail 

 by power-propelled vessels goes on apace, the fleet last season being 

 composed of 743 steamers, 63 motor boats, and 233 sailing boats, as 

 compared with 706 steamers, 51 motor boats, and 500 sailing boats in 

 the preceding year ; their average earnings amounting to £667, £313, 

 and £146 respectively, as against £530, £295, and £134 in 1910. The 

 average sum per vessel over the whole fleet was £529, as compared 

 with £363 in the preceding year. 



