of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 57 



No. II. —continued. 



Methods 

 of Fishing- 

 Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing- 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and 



Value of 

 Fish landed 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



or 

 Shell 

 Fish 



Taken. 



Principal 

 Kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Seine, drift, 

 and bag 

 nets, and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Clyde estuary. 



8,146 

 60 



2,489 

 30 



9 

 16 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, and 

 flounders. 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 





Herring fishing fairly successful. 

 No regular fishing. 







18,987 



7,978 



865 





30 





Nets and 

 lines. 



Firth of Clyde. 



14,537 



8,557 

 2,307 



| 8,979 



3,770 



3,241 

 1,210 



2,619 



69 



125 

 54 



248 



^ Herrings, whit- 

 ! ings, haddocks, 

 j" mackerel, and 

 1 plaice. 



General. 



(12 



: 



{ 3 



"\ Very considerable increase in quantity and 

 \_ value, chiefly in herrinsrs. The Ayr catch 

 | was mostly landed by crews other than 

 J those belonging to creek. 

 \For the decreases in quantity and value, 

 ) mackerel, cod, and saithe are accountable. 







1,055 



450 



72 



Cod and saithe. 





Decrease in quantity and value. 





\Lochryan 

 J and off 

 Corsewall. 



19,399 



6,555 



3,967 



Her rin g s, 

 haddocks, cod, 

 ling, plaice, 

 skate, and eels. 



( 8 

 1 • 



\ • 



V Marked improvement in herring fishing. No 

 j very appreciable change in other fishings. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Channel. 



1 OAS 



459 



184 



Cod, plaice, 

 crabs, and 

 lobsters. 





Similar to preceding year's returns. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Luce Bay. 



1 



1 948 



1 487 



439 



Mackerel, plaice, 

 turbot, skate, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 





Excepting skate, there was a general increase 

 in all kinds of fish landed. 



Nets and 

 shrimp 

 trawls. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 Stake nets. 



j Wigtown 

 Bay. 



J- Kirkoud- 

 j bright Bay 



i 



J 



180 



652 



210 

 390 



505 

 536 



Sparlings, cod, 

 plaice, lobsters, 

 crabs, and 

 mussels. 



Flounders, 



mussels, and 

 lobsters. 





Little change from previous year. 



General results similar to last year's. Falling 

 off in catch of flounders offset by improve- 

 ment in mussel fishing. 



Beam 

 trawling. 





2,088 



2,562 



1,830 



Flounders, 

 plaice, and 

 shrimps. 





All kinds show a slight decrease. 







60,745 



22,953 



8,029 





23 









8175731 



2973000 



67,355 





909 









7423185 



2889107 



72,392 





992 





