of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



35 



STo. 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. 





£ 









1 Small and 

 y hand 

 ) lines 

 \ Lines and 

 V crab 

 J creels. 



Small lines. 



2 to 12 miles 

 E. by S. 



DornochFirth, 

 and 1 to 15 

 miles off 

 Tarbat Ness. 

 1 to 10 miles 

 E. by N.E. 

 from Inver. 



5,138 

 2,266 



47 



1,919 



903 



25 



111 



70 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Haddocks and 

 flounders. 



Mussels. 



1 

 1 



Small-line fishing onlj'. Haddock grounds 

 more productive than in preceding year. 



Increase in catch of haddocks, but of little 

 significance. 



Majority of men hired for herring fishing at 

 other ports. 



Mussels are the only fishing product. 







18,448 



10,107 



718 





3 





Lines. 



Lines a! d 

 cod nets. 



Lines. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 8 miles 

 off. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



1,737 

 4,870 



1,859 



14,040 



1,658 



955 

 1,869 



752 



3,898 



525 



42 

 94 



23 



270 



61 



Haddocks and 

 plaice. 



Cod, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



>> 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



1 

 1 



4 



Considerable increase in quantity and value. 



Line fishing and cod-net fishing were success- 

 fully prosecuted. Large increase in 

 quantity and value. 



Increase in quantity and value. 



Unimportant. Fish all sold at Helmsdale. 



Large increase in quantity and value, due to 

 success which attended small-line and 

 hand-line fishings. Slight decrease in 

 quantity and value of shell fish. 



Increase in quantity and value. 







24,164 



7,999 



490 





6 





Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 crab creels 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



1 to 12 miles^ 

 off. 



v. 



„ j 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



892 



4,772 

 1,359 



225 



1,799 

 268 



19 



Codlings, lob- 

 sters,and crabs. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings. 



f. 

 i 



\ 



Increase in total quantity and value of white 

 fish, but a large decrease iu shell fish. 



"] A decrease in the quantity of herrings landed, 

 }■ but an increase in value, also a considerable 

 increase in the quantity and value of cod- 

 ) lings and haddocks. 



There is a considerable increase in the quantity 

 and value of fish landed at this creek. 







7,023 



2,292 



19 





1 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 

 Drift nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and hand 

 lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 

 Drift nets, 

 great and 

 small lines, 

 and creels. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off, and 

 18 to 70 

 miles E. by 

 N. to E.S.E. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



Chiefly in 

 Sinclair 

 Bay. 



712 



553,868 



866 

 750 



88 



172 

 185,106 



263 

 242 



454 



84 



120 

 91 



1,016 



Cod and crabs. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, ling, 

 and saithe. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



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An increased quantity of cod was landed. 



Shell fish returns similar to previous year's. • 

 Slight falling-off in catch of herrings, but a 



considerable increase in value. There was 



a substantial increase in the quantity of 



cod landed. 



Results show an improvement on former year. 



Catch of white fish increased, while that 



of shell fish has decreased. 

 General results show a decline. Landings of 



shell fish were well maintained. 



A somewhat smaller catch of both white and 

 shell fish, with corresponding decrease in 

 value. 



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