No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



39 



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, lines, 

 and creels, 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



10 to 40 miles 

 S.E. 



Inshore. 



1 to 10 miles 

 S.W. 



Scapa Flow 

 and inshore 



15 to 30 miles 

 off and in- 

 shore. 



Cwts. 

 28,763 



16,179 

 811 



13,264 



1,232 

 306 

 3,462 



455,492 



£ 

 9,007 



5,501 

 255 



2,018 



346 

 1,098 



151,365 



172 

 1,005 



546 



2S5 



Herrings. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



Cod and lobsters 



} Herring fishing was attended with a fair 

 amount of success. 



Chiefly line and lobster fishing prosecuted. 



Formerly chief herring curing station in dis- 

 trict, now totally abandoned. Local fish- 

 ermen engaged in line and lobster fishing. 



Most of the fishermen have crofts ; lobster 

 and hand-line fishing prosecuted with fair 

 success. 



Fishermen prosecuted herring fishing from 

 Holm and Burray. 



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Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines, 



Inshore. N 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



9,904 



3,073 



30,427 



Lines. 

 Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets 



lines. 

 Lines. 

 Nets 



lines. 

 Lines. 



and 



and 

 and 



Inshore. ^ 

 1 to 90 miles | 

 off. )■ 

 1 to 40 miles 

 off. J 



lto60miles^ 

 off. I 



1 to 50 miles^\ 

 off. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



1 to 50 miles y 

 off. 



Inshore. | 



1 to 40 miles 1 

 off. 



Inshore. J 

 I to 60 miles \ 

 off. 



Inshore. y 



I 



; 



1193789 



26,195 



55 



374,168 



307 



,841 



r5,328 



Principally 

 herrings and 

 great-line fish. 



Principally her- 

 rings, also 

 great-line and 

 haddocks. 



Chiefly hand 

 and small line 

 fish. 



General — her- 

 rings, mackerel 

 great-line fish, 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, great- 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 saithe. 



Herrings,great 

 line fish, and 

 haddocks. 



19,324 



■< 2 

 2 



< 1 



>-A decrease in quantity, and slight decrease 

 in value, as compared with last year ; but 

 fishing prosecuted with the usual vigour 



J throughout the section. 



>• The herring fishing was very successful at 

 ) these stations, and there was an increase 

 in the quantity and value of line fish. The 

 total value of all fish landed exceeds last 

 year's. 



^Boats belonging to section land their fish 

 J mostly at Hoswick. Only small and hand 

 line fish landed here. 



^•Decrease of about IS per cent, in quantity 

 and 13 per cent, in value of herrings. 



) Quantity and value of great-line fish more 

 than doubled ; increase of 24 per cent, in 

 quantity and 33 percent in value of small- 

 line fish. All over there is a decrease of 



^ about 11 per cent, in the total value of 



I fish as compared with the returns for 1910. 



j Considerable improvement in both herring 



J and great-line fishings. General results 

 show an increase of 70 per cent, in 



^\ quantity and over 80 per cent, in value 

 over last vear's figures. 



!-There has been no improvement either in 

 net or line fishing at these stations, which 

 used to be very prosperous. 



I A slight improvement both in net and line 

 { fishings ; but the condition of the fisheries 

 ) continues far from satisfactory. 

 ^ The total value of fish landed shows a de- 

 i crease of 17 per cent, as compared with last 

 y year's. A further decrease in the quantity 

 and value of herrings has to be recorded. 

 J The yield of great and small-line fishings 

 was about the same as in 1910. 



