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Appendices to Fourth Annual Report 

 Table III. -ROTHESAY DISTRICT. 



Week 

 ended. 



Boats 

 Fishing, 



Crans 

 Landed. 



Remarks. 



June 27 

 July 4 

 „ 11 



„ 18 



„ 25 

 Ang. 1 



„ 15 

 „ 22 

 29 



Sept. 5 

 „ 12 

 „ 19 

 „ 26 



Oct. 3 

 „ 10 

 „ 17 



„ 24 



„ 31 



Nov. 7 

 „ 14 



„ 21 



„ 28 



Dec. 5 

 „ 12 



„ 19 

 „ 26 



140 

 148 

 120 



63 



82 

 84 



58 



56 

 78 

 20 

 151 

 103 

 34 

 54 



60 

 130 

 165 



185 



105 



80 

 75 



80 



50 



7 



100 

 78 

 24 



190 

 250 

 170 



77 



109 

 143 



62 



82 

 200 



34 

 284 

 198 



50 

 130 



45 

 1954 

 240 



574 



275 



140 

 206 



140 



72 



4 



190 

 147 

 135 



Caught off Loch Ranza and PirnmilL 



Caught on the Cantyre coast, Kilbrannan Sound. 



A great mixture of small herrings this week. Fish 



caught about Bute shores. 

 Only a few herrings caught off Skipness. The best takes 



were got at the head of Loch Long. 

 Caught off Loch Ranza. 



The principal fishing ground this week was off the north 

 end of Arran. 



Weather in the Sound unsettled. Principal fishing 



ground in Loch Striven. 

 Fish caught off Skipness and Sannox, Arran. 

 Fishing carried on off Skipness and Sannox, Arran. 

 Fish caught off Skipness Point. Weather stormy. 

 Fish caught off Sannox, Arran. 

 Fish caught between Skipness Point and Sannox. 

 Caught off Sannox, Arran. 



Quality middling. Caught off St Ninians and Kilchattan 

 Bay, Bute. 



Quality fair. Caught off Skipness Point. 



Quality excellent. Caught in Pirnmill Bay, Arran. 



Quality excellent. During the week the fishing was pro- 

 secuted at two different j)laces — off Garroch Head, 

 Bute, and Sannox, Arran. 



The takes were mixed with light herring. Caught off 

 Garroch Head, Bute. 



The takes mixed Avith light herring. Caught off Garroch 

 Head. 



Quality good. Caught off Garroch Head. 



Quality good. Caught in Port Crawford and Ardneil 



Bays, Ayrshire coast. 

 Quality good. Caught in Port Crawford and Ardneil 



Bays. 



Quality good. Caught in Port Crawford and Ardneil 

 Bays. 



Weather stormy. Only one boat landed herrings. 

 Quality not good ; fish very thin. Caught between the 



Cumbrae Islands and the Ayrsire Coast. 

 Quality poor, and fish small in size. Caught 3 miles off 



Garroch Head. 

 Quality poor, and fish small. The herrings landed this 



week were caught off the Ayrshire coast. 



JOHJ^ SKINNER, Fishery Oficer 



Table IV. — Showing the result of the Herring Eishing in Loch Eyne 

 and in the Sound of Kilbrannan for the past 20 years. 



Total number of Crans. 



Year. 



Loch Fyne. 



Kilbrannan Sound. 



1866 



27,196 



2,399 



1867 



36,697 



3,720 



1868 



43,356 



1,731 



1869 



39,214 



5,943 



1870 



21,510 



6,396 



1871 



29,452 



5,711 



1872 



10,392 



6,536 



1873 



10,272 



... 16,613 



1874 



7,135 



... 18,712 



1875 



14,355 



6,427 



1876 



31,183 



11,411 



1877 



23,332 



18,298 



1878 



13,800 



... 18,404 



