of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



29 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 

 of Fish'ng 

 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. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Along coast. 



1 to 50 miles 

 off. 



Cwts. 

 144 

 4,605 



10,730 



& 



79 

 1,540 



4,669 



£ 



52 

 321 



1,046 



Codlings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, herr- 

 ings, crabs, and 

 lobsters. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings,herrings, 

 whitings, and 

 crabs. 



3 

 2 



9 



Unimportant. 



Decrease in shell fish returns. 



Total value of white fish about the same as 

 last year. Decrease in number but increase 

 of £200 in value of crabs landed. 



168,050 



67,902 



4,836 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift nets, 

 great and 

 small lines 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels, 

 ti 



1 to 4 miles 



offshore. 

 1 to 10 miles 



off shore. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 95 miles 

 S.E. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore, 

 it 



70 

 1,874 



132 

 22,315 



196 

 580 



30 



692 



44 

 7,861 



88 

 182 



254 

 790 



145 



83 



23 

 39 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 whitings, and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, whit- 

 ings, and crabs. 



4 

 1 



5 



Line fishing of little account. Slight increase 

 in crabs. 



Decrease in catch of codlings and haddocks. 

 Increase in value of shell fish. 



Deorease from previous year's returns. 



Slight decrease in catch of herrings and shell 

 fish. Increase in white fish, especiall}' 

 haddocks and codlings. 



Results similar to last year's. 



Increase in haddocks and whitings Decrease 

 in shell-fish. 



25,167 



8,877 



1,334 



Lines and 

 creelg. 



ii 



Otter trawl, 

 drift her- 

 ring nets, 

 great and 

 small lines. 



1 to 10 miles 

 offshore. 



Off Shetland, 

 Orkney, 

 North- 

 western 

 grounds, 

 St. Kilda, 

 F lannan 

 Islands, 

 BarraHead, 

 West Coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Faroe, and 

 Iceland. In 

 the North 

 Sea, in 

 latitudes 55° 

 to 61°. 



1,922 



2,286 

 218 



223/526 



748 



903 

 101 



1061721 

 1063473 



24 



56 

 113 



20 

 213 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 i ngs , and 

 crabs. 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 ling, herrings, 

 saithe, whit- 

 ings, halibut, 

 lemon soles, 

 plaice, and 

 skate. 



Herring curers, 20; tinning 

 curers, 9 ; haddock curers, 155. 



Increase in quantity and value of white fish 

 landed, but decrease in shell fish. 



Herring fishing shows decrease in catch and 

 value. Increase in quantity of trawl fish 

 landed, but decrease in value. Slight im- 

 provement in the catch and value of 

 steam line fishing. Small line fishing 

 similar to the preceding year. 



2241952 



184 



Lines 



1 to 3 miles 



24 



7 



17 



Codlings 



and 





Unimportant as a fishing creek. 





off. 









mussels. 









1 to 6 miles 



951 



517 



3 



Codlings, 



had- 





Little or no change in the year's landings. 





off. 









docks. 



and 















flounders. 







