of the Fishery Board for Scotland. xxi 





Average, 

 1894 to 1898. 



Average, 

 is;)'.) bo L903. 



Average, 

 1904 to 1908. 



Average, 

 1909 to 1913. 



Average, 

 1914 to 1918. 



District. 



Tons. 



i 



E 

 & 





Tons. 





era 

 & 



i 



Tons. 



GO 

 S 



o 



s 





Tons. 



o 





GO 



Tons. 



9 



o 



i. 



<y 



a 



aBerwick to 



Cairnbulg Point 

 6 Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath . 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border . . . 



1,200 

 900 

 403 

 260 



18 

 17 

 7 

 3 



1 



3 

 1 



2 



1 



6 

 21 

 6 



839 

 7:57 

 274 

 183 



1 



10 

 18 

 6 



•> 



3 

 1 

 1 



9 

 17 

 27 

 19 



887 

 608 

 209 

 160 



8 

 13 

 3 

 9 



2 

 1 

 3 

 3 



24 



L9 

 6 

 15 



1,015 

 664 

 205 

 171 



14 

 13 



3 

 1 



is 



3 

 7 

 3 



884 

 518 

 157 

 91 



1 



8 

 8 

 12 



3 



3 

 3 



i, 



17 

 10 



Totals . . . 



2,771 



7 





6 



2,034 



17 



1 



16 



1,865 



15 



3 



8 



2,056 





T 



3 



1,651 



5 



~2 







Year 1914. 



Year 1915. 



Ycarl916. 



Year 1917. 



Year 1918. 



District. 



Tons. 



GO 



5 



GO 

 U 



<y 



i 



Tons. 



O 



£ 





To s. 



1 



6 



GO 



0? 



■/' 



Tons. 



i 

 o 



C 



CO 



Tons. 



2 

 ? 

 o 



S 



5 



aBerwick to 



Cairnbulg Point 

 b Cairnbulg Point 



to Cape Wrath . 

 c Cape Wrath to 



Glasgow . . . 

 d Glasgow to the 



Border . . . 



1,030 

 710 

 161 

 74 



14 

 1 



6 

 2 



l 



3 

 3 



7 

 20 

 8 



847 

 575 

 108 

 86 



9 

 8 

 17 

 12 



1 



3 

 j 



2 



24 



10 



701 

 397 

 96 

 77 



2 

 19 



3 

 14 



3 

 2 



3 



7 



22 

 25 



922 

 497 

 215 

 97 



3 



3 

 4 



3 

 2 



16 

 1 



12 







919 



«, 



' 115 

 122 



13 

 11 



1, 



2 

 3 



3 

 20 

 25 



Totals . . . 



1,976 



5 





7 



1,708 



7 





(? 



1,273 





1 



20 



1,731 





7 



1 



1 1,568 



1 18 



2 



20 



The complete details for the period from 1894 to date are shown 

 in the accompanying chart of curves. 



There was again considerable difficulty in obtaining men to work 

 some of the netting stations on the coast, but it appears to be unlikely 

 that the serious position of the catch can be attributed to any great 

 extent to this cause. The Inspector has in former years called 

 attention to the relative scarcity of grilse as compared with adult 

 fish, and this may in some degree affect a statement based entirely on 

 weight. We never have been able to secure a more trustworthy 

 return based on numbers caught. We regard it as most unfortunate 

 that no records are obtained from such important districts as the 

 Tay, Dee, Don, North Esk, and Spey, which with the Tweed (from 

 which a return is furnished) produce the largest catches for the 

 market. 



In accordance with the request that reports should be abbrevi- 

 ated as much as possible during the war, the annual statements from 

 District Fishery Boards to the Inspector have been omitted. We 

 may say, however, that as regards catch, so long as statements are of 

 a general kind as to whether or not the catch is believed to be above 

 or below the average, — statements which bear no relation to actual 

 figures, — the information is of comparatively little value. 



The Inspector deals, in his report, with a general decline in rental 

 which is now noticeable (p. 81). He also includes a statement of the 

 more pressing needs which appear to have arisen during the long 

 period since the passing of the last Scottish Salmon Fishery Act. 



