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Thirty-sixth Annual Report 



Whaling. 



The whaling stations in Shetland and Harris were idle during the 

 year, as operations in Scottish waters are still prohibited by the 

 Naval Authorities. 



Improvements of Fishery Harbours. 



Work on improvement schemes for 'fishery harbours on the East 

 Coast was further slowed down during the year as a result of the 

 war, and completion of a number of the schemes has been postponed 

 until normal conditions return. A report for the year by the Board's 

 Consulting Engineer is printed as Appendix M, p. 87. 



Committees dealing with Fishery Matters. 



During the year three Committees dealing with matters affecting 

 the fisheries of Scotland were appointed. 



As previously stated, the Food Controller appointed the Cured 

 Fish Committee to acquire, control and distribute stocks of cured 

 fish. This Committee, of which the Board's Secretary was a 

 member, resigned on the appointment by the Food Controller of a 

 Director of Fish Supplies. 



In April you appointed a Committee, on which the Board were 

 represented by Provost Malcolm Smith and their Secretary, to 

 consider the means by which, under existing conditions, the greatest 

 quantity of food could be made available from the Scottish sea 

 fisheries, and also a Committee to consider as to what extent and in 

 what manner an additional supply of fresh-water fish from rivers 

 and lochs could, under existing conditions, be made available for 

 home consumption. Of the latter Committee the Marquess of 

 Breadalbane, K.G., was Chairman, and the Inspector of Salmon 

 Fisheries, Mr. W. L. Calderwood, was a member. Keports by both 

 Committees were issued during the year. 



Byelaws and Eegulations. 



No important change in the regulations affecting the Scottish 

 fisheries was made during the year. 



In June Byelaw No. 31 was made by the Board to consolidate 

 and extend previous byelaws permitting seine flounder net fishing 

 in the Firth of Clyde and in certain areas in the Firth of Forth and 

 off the East Coast. 



In October the Food Controller made an order under the Defence 

 of the Kealm Regulations — the Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917 — 

 conferring on the Board certain powers of modifying the normal 

 restrictions on fishing. 



Appendices. 



For the reasons explained in last Report the Appendices pub- 

 lished are again much curtailed. 



