CONTENTS. 



THE SEA AND SALMON FISHERIES OF SCOTLAND. 



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The Sea and Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, . - . _ xi 



Fisheries most productive xi 



Market glutted with Cured Herrings, and great fall in prices - xi 



Curers sustained heavy losses in two successive years - - - ' xii 



Anticipated consequences as to Curing Industry - - - xii 



Abundant supj)ly and low prices of Herrings a boon to community - xii 



Herrings returned to in-shore grounds - - - - xii 



Increasing productiveness of Herring Fishery in Shetland - - xii 



Number of barrels branded, greatest on record - " - xiii 



Proof of increasing estimation in which brand is held - - xiii 



Other sea fish landed greater than in previous year - - - xiii 



Increased value thereof - - - - - - xiii 



Salmon Fisheries more productive in 1885 than in 1884 - - xiii 



Particulars of takes of Salmon - - - - - xiii 



Gross value of Sea and Salmon Fisheries _ _ . - xiii 



Number of persons employed in Fisheries - - - - xiv 



Number of Boats and Capital invested - - - - xiv 



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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. 



Marine Stations of the Board ------ xiv 



Want of suitable Boats - - - - - - xiv 



Steam Tender wanted to take place of ' Daisy ' - - - xv 



Work at Rothesay Aquarium ------ xv 



Work at Tarbert ------- xv 



List of Fauna of Loch Fyne ------ xv 



Copepods of Loch Fyne ------ xv 



Hatching of Herring in deep water - - - - x vi 



Loch Fyne Herring Fishing - - . ^ - - - xvi 



Food of Loch Fyne Herring ------ xvi 



Migration of Loch Fyne Herring - - - . xvii 



Workers at the Tarbert Station ----- xvii 



Varieties of the Herring ------ xvii 



Varieties of the Herring - - - - - - xviii 



Nature of Whitebait ------- xix 



Food of the Useful Fishes ------ xix 



Food of the Herring ------- xix 



Food of the Haddock ------- xx 



Food of the Cod ------- xx 



Fish as Food -------- xx 



Structure of the Flesh of Fish ----- xx 



