of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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145.) Smoked and " filleted " fish contributed £539,215 of this total, 

 dried fish £205,671, and pickled fish £9397. The port of Aberdeen 

 accounted for the bulk of the value — being responsible for nearly 

 £677,000 of the total. 



In Aberdeen district the price for dried cod ranged from £19 to 

 £24 per ton, ling £26 to £27, haddocks and tusk £18 to £20, and 

 saithe £12 to 14. 



The grand total value of cured fish was £3,145,265, or £169,735 

 less than in 1910, for which the falling off in the catch of herrings 

 is entirely responsible. The districts chiefly contributing towards 

 the total were Aberdeen (£817,438), Shetland (£640,316), Peterhead 

 (£317,863), Fraserburgh (£292,739), Wick (£292,440), Orkney 

 (£217,830), Eyemouth (£203,784), and Stornoway (£106,861). 



IV. Cured Cod, &c, Exported. 



The total export of white fish cured shows an appreciable advance 

 over the returns for 1910, the figures being 155,912 cwts. and 104,058 

 cwts. respectively. The quantity sent to Ireland shows a decrease, 

 but that sent to the Continent and places out of Europe has 

 greatly increased — 48,334 cwts. to 85,704 cwts. in the one case, and 

 35,053 cwts. to 53,482 cwts. in the other. 



For the conveyance of fish lightly cured and smoked steamers are 

 now fitted up with freezers and refrigerators, and these have greatly 

 helped in increasing the trade with the foreign and Colonial markets. 



Dried fish are now exported principally to Bilbao and Barcelona 

 for distribution in Spain and to the Mediterranean ports, to Buenos 

 Ayres for distribution in Brazil and the Argentine States, and to the 

 West Indies, via London. 



" Filleted " fish, " reds," and kippers are consumed chiefly in South 

 Africa and Australia, and on the coast of the Mediterranean, while 

 tinned herrings go chiefly to America and the Colonies. 



Over 4000 barrels of fish roes were cured in Aberdeen for exporta- 

 tion to France, where they were used for bait in the sardine fishery. 

 Several of the German trawlers working from Aberdeen sent their 

 fish roes to Hamburg by trading steamer. 



PEBSONS ENGAGED IN THE SCOTTISH SEA FISHEKIES 

 AND ALLIED 1NDUSTKIES. 



The number of persons engaged in connection with the various 

 branches of the Scottish fishing industry in 1911 was in all 89,153 

 (Appendix F, No. I.) — a net decrease, as compared with 1910, of 1660. 



This decrease is attributable only to the extent of about one- fifth to 

 the class of fishermen or direct producers of the commodity dealt with, 

 the bulk of the remainder of the decreases being attributable, as in the 

 previous year, to those engaged in the carrying trade. The actual 

 number of fishermen and boys is 38,626, or about 43 per cent, of the 

 grand total. This represents an absolute decrease of 315, or only 

 about -8 per cent, of the total of the same class for 1910. 



Generally, the variations in the figures can be attributed to no 

 other causes than natural fluctuations and the tendency to con- 

 centration in the industry. 



