of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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The following are the totals of the white-fishing for the last 

 decade : — 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 





Cwts. 



£ 



1909 



. 2,830,728 



1,305,811 



1910 



. 2,968,598 



1.491,339 



1911 



. 3,391,316 



1,540,539 



1912 



. 3,331,799 



1,666,380 



1913 



. 3,296,257 



1,824,741 



1914 



. 2,949,008 



1,778,973 



1915 



. 1,540,345 



1,585,717 



1916 



. 1,258,390 



1,772,561 



1917 



. 1,007,569 



2,021,817 



1918 



. 1,128,623 



3,342,811 



Trawling has contributed to the foregoing result as follows : — 



Year. Quantity. Value. 



Cwts. £ 



1909 . . . 2,020,209 953,259 



1910 . . . 2,102,031 1,102,976 



1911 . . . 2,439,108 1,113,820 



1912 . . . 2,392,692 1,232,193 



1913 . . . 2,541,948 1,424,115 



1914 . . . 2,191,387 1,333,834 



1915 . . . 953,503 1,040,726 



1916 . . . 735,862 1,117,056 



1917 . . . 528,276 1,152,742 



1918 . . . 495,401 1,569,454 



The balance, as follows, has been taken by lines and by nets 

 other than trawls : — 



Year. 



1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 



Quantity. 

 Cwts. 

 810,519 

 866,567 

 952,208 

 939,107 

 754,309 

 757,621 

 586,842 

 522,528 

 479,293 

 633,222 



Value. 

 £ 



352,552 

 388,363 

 426,719 

 434,187 

 400,626 

 445,139 

 544,991 

 655,505 

 869,075 

 1,773,357 



As the trawlers available for fishing purposes after Admiralty 

 requirements had been satisfied were of an inferior class, operations 

 were carried on mainly on the nearer North Sea grounds. The most 

 productive trips, however, were those to Shetland waters, where 

 the grounds on the west of the Islands had been reopened by the 

 Admiralty at the beginning of the year, although only a few of the 



