of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 43 



No. II. — continued. 















tions. 





of Fishing 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish Landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish 

 Taken. 



Prin f»irui 1 



Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



of Curing Sta 



General Remarks. 















© 









Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Great lines. 



f \ fir 1.1. n T>..4-4- 



On the Butt 

 of Lewis. 



7,427 



2,365 





Ling fish. 



2 



Considerable decrease in the catch of ling, 

 owing chiefly to fewer boats being em- 

 ployed. Fishermen preferred being em- 

 ployed as hired hands in East Coast fishing- 

 vessels. 



it 



Atlantic side 

 of the Island 

 of Lewis. 



475 



99 



82 



Ling and saithe. 





Crofting district chiefly. Very little fishing. 

















Nets and 

 lines. 



Loch Roag 

 and off Loch 

 Roag, 15 

 to 20 miles. 



25 044 



7,267 



226 



Cod and ling. 



3 



Fair catches of ling were landed during the 

 summer months. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



» 



3,461 

 1,017 



848 



291 



713 

 19 



Cod, ling, and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and ling. 



3 

 3 



Considerable decrease in the catch of ling as 

 compared with 19 10. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



The Minch, 

 and sea 

 lochs. 



1,705 



425 



482 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



1 



Considerable decrease in the catch of herrings 

 as compared with 1910. 







4,535 



1,289 



341 



Herrings. 



5 



Increase in both herrings and lobsters. 







6,135 



903 



1,337 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



6 



Decrease in both herrings and lobsters as 

 compared with 1910. 







256,308 



74,120 



4,239 





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