No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Methods 

 of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Firth of Forth 



Firth of Forth 

 to 240 miles 

 E. and 

 E.S.E. of 

 May Island. 



Nets, lines 

 and creels 



Creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel- 

 gathering 



Mussel- 

 dredging. 



Bag nets. 



(1) Trawling 



(2) Bag nets 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles off. 



Along the 

 coast. 



St. Andrews 

 Bay to Bell 

 Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tay. 



(1)5 to 80 miles 

 off. 



(2) River Tay. 



Tay, St. An- 

 drews and 

 Carnoustie 

 Bays. 



Along coast. 



1 to 70 miles 

 off. 



Cwts. 

 3,186 



201 



14,312 



00,992 



3,985 



21 



4,238 



110,508 



Lines and Along coast, 

 creels. 



(1) Nets and 

 lines. 



(2) Mussel- 

 dredging. 



(1) Trawling. 



(2) Mussel- 

 dredging. 



(1) 1 to 70 

 miles off. 



(2) South 

 Esk. 



(1) 4 to 50 

 miles off. 



(2) South Esk. 



76,514 

 1,534 



168 



197 

 23,070 



1,479 

 414 



49,195 



£ 

 1,728 



88 



5,017 



14,745 



1,304 



11 



2,157 



■29 



20 

 309 



,815 



33,616 

 827 



53 



63 

 8,920 



788 

 187 



17,160 



419 

 7 



640 



1,240 



22 



103 

 420 



297 



738 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and codlings. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and codlings. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, lobsters,! 

 and crabs. j 



Crabs and lob- ) 

 sters. 



Plaice, codlings, i 

 haddocks, and j 

 dabs. 



Mussels. 



Mussels and 



whelks. 

 Sparlings and 



flounders. 



Falling-off in catch. Haddocks show a con- 

 siderable decrease. 



Increase in landings. Fisheries unimportant. 



Considerable increase in quantity of white 

 fish landed, but very little difference in 

 value. The winter herring fishing was 

 more successful. 



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Haddocks, cod- 

 lings.whitings, 

 flat-fish, sprats, 

 and herrings. 



Plaice, dabs, 

 herrings, 

 mussels, and 

 periwinkles. 



Codlings, dabs, 

 crabs, and 

 periwinkles. 



Codlings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, codlings, 

 crabs, and lob- 

 sters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Mussels and 

 periwinkles. 

 White fish 

 landed at 

 Montrose. 



Herrings, had • 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, flat-fish, 

 and mussels. 



Increase in catch, but falling-off in value. The 

 winter herring fishing yielded a larger 

 catch, but, owing to low prices, the value 

 was less. Small-line fishing showed an 

 improvement. 

 Considerable falling-off both in catch and 

 value, referable chiefly to the summer 

 herring fishing. Compared with the pre- 

 vious year, the winter herring fishing 

 showed an increased catch, but very little 

 difference in value. 



j Increased catch of herrings and lobsters, but 

 a falling-off in the quantity of cod and 

 codlings landed. 



j Slight falling-off in catch. 



j Decrease in catch, principally in cod and cod- 

 lings caught by means of nets. 



j Falling-off. 



Increase in quantity of mussels landed. 



Falling-off in catch. Fishing is gradually 

 declining. 



Decrease in returns of fish landed by trawlers. 

 The bag-net fishing was the most success- 

 ful since the year 1903. 



Increase in herrings and plaice; decrease in 

 round fish. Value of shell-fish very similar 

 to that of previous year. 



Unimportant. Fshermen chiefly employed 

 in salmon and lobster and crab fishings. 



Considerable improvement in herring fishing, 

 also slight increase in returns of line fish. 

 No material change in value of shell fish. 



Improvement in line fishing, 

 off in lobsters. 



Slight falling- 



Little change in total catch and value. 



Marked increase in mussels. A number of the 

 fishermen were engaged in dredging 

 mussels for their own use and also for 

 despatch to other ports. 



Improvement in line and net fishings. No 

 material change in total quantity and 

 value of trawl fish. Decrease in mussels. 



