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Appendices to Tweuty -first Annual Report 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Gan't Bay. 



General Question — 



The continued prevalence of poaching by Cromarty fishermen by means ol 

 trawl nets in the Cromarty Firth, which results in the great destruction 

 of sea-trout and a quantity of salmon. The poachers, when the 

 bailiffs come upon them in numbers, drop the sea-trout in a weighted 

 bag into deep water, and declare they were fishing for white fish. The 

 Procurator-Fiscal will not prosecute under the Fishery Board bye-law. 

 as it applies to white fish only, and he (the P.-F.) says he knows the 

 fishermen were fishing for sea-trout. On the other hand, the Sheriff 

 will not convict for poaching unless proof can be led that fish of the 

 salmon kind were seen in possession of the fishermen. 



No change. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE KYLE OF SUTHERLAND. 



Take of Fish— 



1. About the average generally throughout the district. 



2. The number cannot be given, as the lessees refuse to give information on 



this head. The catch, however, was a very good one by net and rod. 



3. {a) In February; {h) in May and June ; (c) in July and August. 



4. It is not possible to condescend on numbers in either case (a) or (6). 



5. {a) 37 lbs., by net and coble ; (c) 32 lbs. 



6. No. 



Protection — 



1. £3522 10s. 



2. Is. 6d. per £. 



3. Sixteen watchers in all. 



4. One f or allowing intake sluice to stand open while mill not being worked 



— result, "fined." 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. So far as possible. 



3. Fish-pass improved at Evelix, Dornoch. 



4. Yes. 



5 and 6. No. 



Pollutions — 

 1 and 2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes, slightly in August, November, and December 



2. Low. 



3. About 100, all kelts. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. About 1st September. 



2. Between 25th October and 25th November. 



3. End of December. 



4. Normal size. 



5. More than usual. 



6. Carron, Oykell, and Cassley. 



Kelts— 



1. 20th November. 



2. In March. 



3. In June. 



4. In flood most of the time 



