THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 ROBERT MUNRO, K.C., M.P., 

 His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 1st June 1919. 



Sir, — 



In terms of the Act 45 and 46 Vict., c. 78, we, the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland, have the honour to present this, our Thirty-seventh Annual 

 Report, being for the year 1918 : — 



PART I. 



GENERAL STATEMENT. 



The total quantity of sea-fish landed in Scotland during 1918 

 amounted to 3,313,228 cwts., of the value, including shell-fish, ot 

 £6,066,588. As compared with 1917 these figures show increases 

 of 8 per cent, in quantity and 64 per cent in value. 



This result was obtained through the agency of 4614 fishing 

 vessels manned by crews numbering 15,416. 



Summary of Means of Capture and Results. 





Number 



Value of 



Total Catch. 









Year. 



of 



Boats and 









Vessels. 



Gear. 



Quantity.* 



Value. 







£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



1909 



9,889 



5,291,533 



7,423,185 



2,889,107 



1910 



9,724 



5,439,857 



8,709,655 



3,100,387 



1911 



9,543 



5,628,087 



8,511,974 



3,127,929 



1912 



9,290 



5,777,102 



8,587,106 



3,656,178 



1913 



8,991 



6,035,952 



7,828,350 



3,997,717 



1914 



8,869 



6,297,745 



7,440.321 



3,208.536 



1915 



4,653 



1,668,765 



2,319,390 



2,109,465 



1916 



4.650 



1,827,346 



3,412,030 



3,206,550 



1917 



4,60*9 



1,902,167 



3,079,768 



3,704,789 



1918 



4,614 



3,038,592 



3,313,228 



6,066,588 



* Excluding shell-fish, which are fold partly by number (e.g., oysters) and partly 

 by weight {e.g., mussels), and have no common measure except value, 

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