of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Ivii 



District. 



Average, 

 1894 to 1898. 



Average, 

 1899 to 1903- 



Average, 

 1904 to 1908. 



Year 1909- 





Tons. 



Cwts. 



o> 



CO 



Tons. 



6 



& 



■a 



Tons. 



Cwts. 



& 



B 



Tons 



Cwts. 



& 



.2 



ft Berwick to 



Cairnbulg Point, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath, 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to tlie 



Border, . . . 



1,206 

 900 

 403 

 260 



18 

 17 



3 



1 



3 

 1 

 2 



i 



6 

 21 

 6 



839 

 737 

 274 

 183 



l 



10 

 18 

 6 



2 

 3 

 1 

 1 



9 

 17 

 27 

 19 



887 

 608 

 209 

 160 



8 

 13 

 3 

 9 



2 

 1 



3 

 3 



24 

 19 

 6 

 15 



1,018 



705 

 229 

 231 



10 

 18 

 15 

 13 



3 



2 

 3 



19 



22 

 26 

 G 



Totals, . . . 



2,771 



7 





6 



2,034 



17 



1 



16 



1,865 



15 



3 



8 



2,185 



18 



2 



17 



District. 



Year 1910. 



Year 1911. 





















Tons. 



Cwts. 



s- 



©• 



-a 

 |J 



Tons. 



2 

 & 

 o 



CO 



u 



<y 



J§ 



















a Berwick to 



CairnbulgPoint, 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape W rath, 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow, . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border, . . . 



934 

 538 

 207 

 189 



2 

 8 

 8 

 11 



2 

 3 



1 



26 

 21 

 26 



1,112 

 691 



209 

 206 



12 

 17 

 14 



i 



2 



7 

 13 

 15 

 10 



















Totals, . . . 



1,869 



10 



3 



18 



2,220 



4 





17 



















It will be noticed that the slight increase is in each of the four districts. 



In the accompanying chart of curves, the fluctuations of the annual 

 record are shown from the year in which detailed statements were 

 obtained (1894). 



From the chart, more than from the figures, it is seen that a more 

 uniform condition seems to prevail in the two West Coast sections 

 than in the East Coast sections, from which the great bulk of the fish 

 come. The West Coast lines are comparatively flat, yet it certainly is 

 the case that in one or two fishery districts a marked improvement 

 has taken place in the stock of salmon. Since, however, this improve- 

 ment has appeared in the particular districts in which nets have to a 

 great extent been taken off, the improvement does not bulk 

 prominently in the returns. 



Mr. Calderwood reports that three new District Fishery Boards 

 have been formed — for the Wick, Dunbeath, and Feochan Nell and 

 Euchar. There are now 39 Boards, and 17 districts in which sole 

 proprietors have the powers of Boards. 



New arrangements of netting are reported from the Conon and 

 Doon Districts, details of which are given in Mr. Calderwood's report. 

 In the former, the amount of netting is now less than it used to be. 

 In spite of, and it may be on account of, the diminution of netting in 

 rivers, now general in Scotland, greater success seems to attend the 

 netting in the sea. We regard the sea as the proper place for the 

 conduct and development of salmon netting. In order to maintain 

 the stock of salmon, it seems necessary that at least all the smaller 

 rivers be kept free of nets altogether. In rivers with large estuaries, 

 a certain amount of net and coble fishing can be carried on without 

 harm. Each locality must be judged on its own merits. At the same 

 time, when nets are removed from any section of a river, it is 

 necessary to have some definite agreement with all proprietors above, 

 else ; by the putting on of one or two nets, the beneficial action of a 

 number may be vitiated by the selfish action of one. 



