of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 47 



No. 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 



VNets.lines, 

 | a .d lob- 

 j ster creels. 



Minch, Loch- 

 inver, and 

 Enard Bay. 



4,188 



972 



587 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, and 

 lobsters. 



1 



Herring fishing practically a failure. Landings 

 of other white fish and shell fish similar to 

 those of last year. 





Minch and 

 Loch Broom. 



1,626 



693 



641 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and lob- 

 sters. 





Decrease of £133 in value of white fish, and of 

 £371 in value of shell fish. 



1 



}-H e r ring 

 | and cod 

 J nets, lines 

 and lob- 

 ster creels. 





4,220 



1,269 



95 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



6 



The failure of the Loch Broom herring fishing 

 accounts for a decrease of 16,824 cwts. in 

 Quantity and £5,513 in value in the land- 

 ings at this section. 



I 



> Nets, 



1 lines.and 

 lobster 

 creels. 



Minch, Loch 

 Broom, and 

 Little Loch 

 Broom. 



189 



62 



244 



Lobsters. 



• 



Very little done here at line fishing. Con- 

 siderable improvement in lobster fishing. 



1 



(^Herring 

 [ and cod 

 ! nets, lines, 

 J and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Minch and 

 Loch Ewe. 



8,816 



1,877 



340 



Herrings, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



3 



A fairly successful herring fishing accounts 

 for increases of 7072 cwts. in quantity and 

 £1356 in value of white fish. Shel'l fish 

 similar to last year. 



} " 



J 





417 



111 



116 



Cod and lob- 





With the exception of a few crews belonging 



IU vUVC, lUUolr \JL UI1C Hit 11 \JL 11113 OCUHUll 



devote their time to their crofts and only 

 fish occasionally. 



vHerring 

 and cod 



J nets, and 

 lines. 



Minch and 

 Gairloch. 



440 



111 





Cod and had- 

 docks. 





The fishermen of this section operate from 

 Badachio. Little is done at line fishing. 



! • 





16,382 



3,816 



23 



Herrings, 

 mackerel, cod, 

 and saithe. 



6 



Quantity and value of herrings doubled. Other 

 kinds of white fish also exhibit an increase. 







38,692 



9,987 



3,946 





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