Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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SUMMARY OF HERRING FISHING ON BOTH COASTS. 



The following tabular statement gives the particulars of the summary of 

 increase or decrease in the herring fishing of 1885 in each of the ^^^^^^^^^J^^ 

 twenty-six districts, as compared with that of 1884 : — 



The Twenty -Six Fishery Districts. 



Year 1884, 

 Barrels 

 cured. 



Year 1885, 

 Barrels 

 cured. 



a.xi\jl Celiac; 

 III xOoO, 



Decrease 



111 xOOO. 



Eyemouth, .... 



88,351 



33,387 





54,964 



Leith, 



5,4874 



5,2531 





234 



Anstruther, .... 



11,050 



9,022 





2,028 



Montrose, .... 



39,175 



24,776 





14,399 



Stonehaven, .... 



18,995i 



24,125 



5*,'i29f 





Aberdeen, .... 



89,713 



81.815 





7','898 



Peterhead, .... 



297,976 



224,087 





73,889 



Fraserburgh, .... 



348,368 



276,319 





72,049 



Banff, 



40,787 



26,230 





14,557 



Buckie, ..... 



21,419 



25,175 



3,756 





Findhorn, .... 



3,096 



7,687 



4,591 





Cromarty, .... 



1,039 



4,676 



3,637 





Helmsdale, .... 



9,166 



16,039 



6,873 





Lybster, ..... 



5,347 



19,099 



13,752 





Wick, ..... 



127,140 



117,754 





9,386 



Orkney Isles, .... 



48,824 



53,300 



4,476 





Shetland Isles, 



300,117 



370,238 



70,121 





Stornoway, .... 



116,010i 



114,7811 





l',228| 



Loch Broom, .... 



16,700 



8,948 





7,752 



Loch Carron and Skye, 



17,538 



15,950 





1,588 



Fort-William, .... 



7,906^ 



2,412 





5,4944 



Campbeltown, .... 



40,921 



45,342 



4,421 



Inveraray, .... 



19,648 



26,379 



6,731 





Rothesay, .... 



4,154 



3,673 





"481 



Greenock, .... 



4,129^ 



8,813 



4,683^ 





Ballantrae, .... 



14,019 



27,671 



13,652 





Totals, 



l,697,077i 



l,572,952i 



141, 823^ 



265,948i 



The Twenty- 

 six Fishery 

 Districts. 



Increase and 

 Decrease of 

 Barrels cured 

 in 1885, as 

 compared 

 with 1884, in 

 each District. 



Totals of 

 Increase and 

 Decrease. 



These statistics show that the gross quantity of herrings Net decrease in 

 cured in 1885, on both the East and West Coasts, was less ^^^^^ }884 q^^o^j^ 

 in 1884, by 124,125 barrels, but the official returns for the 50 coasts,^and 

 years preceding last year, on the average of each period of ten increase 

 years, show a continuous large increase. The following statement c^dinf fifty 

 gives the particulars of this increase :■ — years. 



Periods of Ten Years, 



Average Number 

 of Barrels Cured 

 Yearly in each 

 Period. 



Increase in 

 Average Number 

 of Barrels Cured 

 Yearly in each 

 Period. 



Increase per cent. 



in Average 

 Number of Barrels 

 Cured Yearly in 



each Period. 



1835 to 1844 inclusive, 

 1845 ,, 1854 

 1855 ,, 1864 

 1865 „ 1874 

 1875 „ 1884 



497,848 

 575,131 

 626,033 

 773,575 

 1,097,067 



77^283 

 50,902 

 147,542 

 323,492 



15-52 

 8-85 

 23-56 

 41-81 



Barrels cured in 1885, . l,572,952i 



Yearly Aver- 

 age increase 

 in periods cf 

 ten years. 



