of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



37 



No. II. — continued. 



1 



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. 





£ 









Small and 

 hand lines, 

 and creels. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



Chiefly in the 

 vicinity of 

 the Pentland 

 Skerries. 



1 to 6 miles 

 off. 



2 to 7 miles ~\ 

 off. V 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



2 to 8 miles 

 off. 



Alone: the 

 coast. 



" I 

 ) 



„ i 



Around the 



island. 

 Along the 



coast. 



559 

 4,193 



528 



1,217 

 ?5 



3,992 



73 

 549 

 1,742 



148 



413 



300 

 881 

 2,405 



157 

 908 



208 



311 

 40 



1,659 



21 

 138 

 391 



30 



132 



82 

 156 

 873 



44 



247 



137 



549 



440 



160 



343 

 486 



27 



208 



108 

 109 

 452 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and saithe. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, lob- 

 sters and crabs. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 flounders, lob- 

 sters, and crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



Haddocks and 



lobsters. 

 Cod, haddocks, 



flounders, and 



lobsters. 



1 



3 



Cod and codling less abundant than in 1910. 



Results of cod and lobster fishings similar to 

 those of the previous year. 



| Slight falling-off. 



Considerable decrease in white fish and shell 

 fish. 



Nothing of any great importance being done. 

 Results somewhat similar to the previous 

 year's. 



There was no improvement made at herring- 

 fishing. Other fishings were less productive 

 all round. 



Results differ little from previous year's. 

 j» Little change from 1910. 



Fishing operations at these creeks were not 

 conducted with the usual regularity, hence 

 there is a considerable decrease in both 

 white and shell fish. 



The value of the year's catch differs verv 

 little from that of 1910. There was a de~- 

 crease of white fish, counterbalanced by an 

 increase in lobsters. 



Line and lobster fishing were prosecuted with 

 slightly improved results. 



Decrease in landings of white fish and lobsters. 



Decrease in white fish, but increase in lobsters. 







574,154 



191,343 



4,621 





58 





Creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



8 to60 miles 

 S.S.E. to 

 S.E. by S. 

 Strons iy Firth 

 and inshore. 

 Inshore. 



Stronsay 

 Firth. 



Inshore. 

 10 to 40 miles 

 S.E. 



I 5,831 

 \ 



1,820 



509 

 346,619 



4,626 



215 



362 

 29,215 



} 278 



2,021 



523 



126 

 118,933 



1,747 



82 



141 

 9,142 



117 



671 | 



319 



294 

 274 



87 

 1,217 



165 1 



Lobsters. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Cod. 



Cod and lobsters 



Herrings, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Cod andlobsters. 



1 

 1 



13 

 1 



3 



Crofter fishermen; lobster fishing chiefly 

 prosecuted. 



Principal herring curing station in district, 

 and increasing rapidlj' in importance. 



Practically all white fish landed by trawlers 

 for curing purposes. 



| Little doing at these creeks. 



Local fishermen employed chiefly at line 

 fishing throughout the year. Considerable 

 quantities of cod landed by trawlers and 

 Faroe smacks for curing purposes. 



j- Fisheries unimportant. 



