of the Usher y Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



45 



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. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Uii 



Lines and 

 f lobster 

 | creels. 



) 



>• Inshore 

 round the 

 island. 



The' Minch, 

 inshore. 



The Minch 

 and sea lochs 



The Minch, 1 

 to 40 miles 

 off. 



The Minch, 

 inshore. 



} 



Minch and 

 Lochinchard 



Minch, Lochs 

 Laxford and 

 Cairnbawn. 



Lochs Glen- 

 dhu and 

 Glencoul. 



Minch and 

 Cairnbawn. 



Cwts. 



1,173 

 19,614 



H0070S 



124,961 



502 



413 



2-31 

 5,362 



630 



2,184 



243 



36 

 826 



35,430 



l,819-<; 



41,698 



177 



1,677 



773 



338 



792 



486 



284 



Lobsters. 



Mackerel, cod, 

 saithe, and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings. 



Cod and ing. 



Cod, ling, and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, saithe, 

 and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Considerable falling-off in lobster catch. 

 Other branches of the fisheries receive 

 little attention. 



Slight improvement in quantity and value of 

 white fish landed. Shell fishery shows 

 marked decrease owing to scarcity of fish 

 on usual fishing grounds. 



"i Slight decrease in quantity and value of fish 

 \ landed. The fishermen land most of their 

 j fish at Loch Boisdale. 

 Increase in quantity and value of herrings 



landed. Lobster fishing similar to the 



preceding year's. 

 Decrease in quantity and value of fish landed. 



The fishermen of this island fish at Loch 



Boisdale and Castlebay. 



^Decrease in quantity and value of herrings 

 landed White fish fishing and shell 

 fisheries better than in 1910. 



Slight improvement in landings of white fish. 

 Increase of £69 in value of shell fish. 



White fish increased by 104 cwts. in quantity 

 and £54 in valve. Slight decrease in value 

 of shell fish. 



Quantity and value of white fish more than 

 double those of last year. Shell fish shows 

 an increase of £184 in value. 



Considerable decrease in all kinds 

 landed. 



of fish 



