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Fraserburgh- District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats — Number 

 at each Station — Average catch — Particulars of Fishing — Quality 

 of Herrings superior to Takes of 1884 — Grounds fished — Weather 

 unfavourable — Storm of 12th August — 2 Boats lost and 13 persons 

 drowned — Barrels cured in 1885 and 1884 — Herrings Kippered and 

 Tinned xxxv 



Banff District — Boundary of District — Number of Boats — Average 

 Catch — Progress of fishing — Grounds fished — Large Takes got 

 In-shore— Barrels cured in 1885 and 1884 — Winter Fishing - xxxvi 



Moray Firth Districts, embracing — 



Buckie District — Boundary of District _ - - . xxxvi 



Findhorn District — l^oundary of District - - - - rxxvi 



Cromarty "District — Boundary of District - - - - xxxvi 



Helmsdale District — Boundary of District — Aggregate Fleet — Boats 

 employed in Moray Firth — Increase in Barrels cured — Successful 

 Fishing on In-shore Grounds — Other Boats also successful — Winter 

 Fishing xxxvi 



Lybster District — Boundary of District— Boats employed — Average 

 Catch highest ever recorded in District — Shoals came close In- 

 shore — Progress of Fishing — Large increase in Barrels cured^ — 

 Winter Fishing ----- - - xxxvii 



Wick District — Boundary of District — Fleet of Boats — Average Catch 

 in 1885 and 1884 — Progress of Fishing, and Quality of Herrings — 

 Grounds fished — In-shore Grounds most productive — Boats fished 

 48 Nights during Season — Severe Gale and its consequences — 

 Barrels cured — Winter Fishing fairly successful — Manure made 

 from Fish Offal and inferior Herrings _ - - . xxxviii 



Orkney District — Boundary of District — Fleet of 260 Boats — Average 

 Catch — Fishing poor at opening, but abundant afterwards — Richest 

 Grounds In-shore — Boats averaged 51 Crans on 15th August — 

 Gross Catch highest ever reached in District - _ . xxxviii 



Shetland District — Boundary of District — Fishing larger than in 

 previous year, although fewer Boats engaged — Number of Boats 

 and places to which they belonged — Average and aggregate Catches 

 of whole Fleet — Curing Premises — 12,000 persons employed — Par- 

 ticulars of the early Fishing — Late Fishing — Great Takes at Balta 

 Sound and Cullivoe — More Herrings landed than could be cured 

 — Aggregate Catches — Boats in each Section — Grounds fished — 

 Quality of Herrings — Weather — Disasters at Sea — Barrels cured - xxxix 



SUMMARY OF EAST COAST HERRING FISHING. 



Summary of East Coast Herring Fishing 



Eight Districts show an increase and nine a decrease - 



Net decrease of 137,068| Barrels cured in 1885, as against 1884 



Greatest increase in Shetland - - - - - 



Continued prosperity of the Fishery there 



Improvement in Moray Firth Districts 



East Coast Fishing of last Fifty years - - - - 



Yearly average of Barrels cured in periods of ten years 

 Decrease per cent, in 1885 from 1884 - - 

 Increase in 1885 on preceding ten, twenty-five, and fifty years 



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