of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



33 



No. II. — continued. 



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. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



& 









Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



4,542 

 1,547 



1,369 

 697 





Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



2 

 1 



Quantity and value of landings slightly 

 above those of the previous year. 



Only line fishing carried on ; results rather 

 better than last year. 







60,271 



25,091 



908 





19 





Nets and 

 lines. 



Moray Firth, 

 ii 



1,722 



2,283 

 3,792 



59,324 

 2,291 



743 



1,006 

 1,320 



19,342 

 1,070 



1 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings and all 

 kinds of white 

 fish. 



Codlings. 



1 



2 



2 



7 



Line fishing only prosecuted locally ; fisher- 

 men chiefly employed at herring fishing 

 at the principal centres in Scotland, 

 England, and Ireland. 



Falling off as a herring curing station. 

 Principally week-end landings. Small- 

 line fishing engaged in by small boats 

 during winter and spring months. 

 ^ The majority of the fishermen at these 

 creeks are seldom at home longer than to 

 | refit their boats for the different herring 

 y fishings throughout the year, working 

 from the principal centres in Scotland, 

 England, and Ireland. The fishermen are 

 J in a prosperous condition. 







69,412 



23,481 



1 





12 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets. 



Moraj- Firth. 

 i» 



Inverness and 

 BeaulyFirths 



33,877 

 3,347 

 5,313 

 330 

 6,064 



971 

 50,267 



100,169 



13,906 

 1,197 

 2,484 

 164 

 4,516 



733 

 5,767 



28,767 



79 



481 



3 



563 



Herrings, cod 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herrings, cod, 



and haddocks. 

 Haddocks and 



mussels. 

 Haddocks, 



flounders, and 



plaice. 

 Haddocks and 



flounders. 

 Herrings and 



sprats. 



7 

 1 



1 

 9 



Considerable increase in haddocks landed, 

 but large decrease in net-caught cod. 

 > Fishermen chiefly employed at herring 

 { fishing at the principal stations around 

 1 the coast. 



Increase in output of mussels. 



Large increase in haddocks landed. Majority 

 of fishermen employed at herring fishing 

 at the principal stations. 



Small-line fishing prosecuted locally, also 

 herring and sprat fishing at Inverness. 



Herring and sprat fishing confined to four 

 months in the year is the only branch of 

 the industry prosecuted from the port. 



Drift nets, 

 small lines, 

 and cod 

 nets. 



Drift and 

 seine nets, 

 small and 

 hand lines. 



Small and 

 hand lines. 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, 

 and Moray 

 Firths. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 9 

 miles off 

 Sutors. 



Off Sutors. 



526 

 10,471 



305 

 6,955 



114 



423 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



1 



The majority of the fishermen were employed 

 exclusively at drift net fishing for the 

 greater part of the year, at different parts 

 of the Scottish, English, and Irish coasts. 

 From September till December sprat and 

 small herring fishing in the Inverness and 



between 40 and 45 crews. 



Slight increase in catch of haddocks. 

 - Operations practically confined to small- 

 line fishing. 



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