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Appendices to Tinenty-first Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 Ye3, there is a hatchery at Diipplin, on the Earn, belonging to the Tay 

 Fishery Board. It was stocked to its full capacity, 456,000 ova. In 

 connection with spawning operations the Board last year began to use 

 a floating crib, anchored in the river, in which fish are kept till ripe 

 for spawning. The experiment was found most successful. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No. 



General Question — 

 None. 



No changes. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER SOUTH ESK. 



Take of Fish— 



1. About an average. 



2. No means of ascertaining this even approximately. 



3. {a) 16th February — opening of season ; (6) July and August ; (c) in July. 



4. It is impossible to give any correct idea as to this. 



5. (o) and (6) 56 lbs. 



6. Yes. Remarkably so. 



Protection — 



1. £3552. 



2. Ten per cent, on rentals of fisheries. 



3. One river superintendent and 8 bailiffs. 



4. Eleven prosecutions, chiefly for dragging, 1 case of using net during 



close time ; 1 case for exposing salmon for sale during close time. In 

 several prosecutions more than one accused included ; 18 olfenders 

 included in the whole eleven prosecutions. In all the cases, save one, 

 convictions were obtained. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. Partly. 



3. Two altered and improved — at Kinnaird and Blackie Mill. 



4. Yes. Passes satisfactory. 



5. None. 



6. No change. 



Pollutions — 

 1 and 2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes. Disease shown in river to a great extent during 1902. First 



appeared in the month of August, and has been increasing. No signs 

 of abatement yet. Said by the Chairman of the Board to be worse than 

 during the last 16 or 17 years. 



2. Generally low. 



3. Not at present, but may be able by and by to do so. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. On 11th November. 



2. From 15th November to end of December. 



3. Will finish in January next. 



4. About normal size. 



5. Above an average. 



6. In principal river at Aldbar, Brechin, Finavon, Clova, and Cortachy ; in 



Prosen tributary — Glen Prosen. 



