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Appendices to Twenty-sixth Anniud Report 



APPENDIX 1. 



REPORTS FROM DISTRICT FISHERY BOARDS. 



Reports from 31 Districts are here included. No Report has been 

 received from the Clerk to the Findhorn Board, or from the Clerk to 

 the Nairn Board. On this occasion also the Secretary of the Loch 

 Lomond Angling Improvement Association has been unable to make a 

 formal Report. 



W. L. Calderwood. 



REPORT FROM RIVER TWEED DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. As compared with the average results of previous years, the take of fish 



generally throughout the district has been below the average. 

 More particularly it has been 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea, below the average. 



(b) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters, below the average. 



(c) By rod and line, below the average. 



2. The actual number of fish caught has been as follows : — 



(a) By fixed engine, approximately, 7467. 



(b) By sweep net, actual, 42,803. 



(c) By rod and line, approximately, 2443. 



Note. — A very large number of fish are captured by rod and line in the 

 open waters in Peeblesshire aud in the open waters in Teviot and 

 its tributaries, of which it is impossible to give an estimate. 



3. Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show the 



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



By Fixed Engine, 











15-0 



30-0 



44-5 



10-5 

 (14 



days) 







By Sweep Net, . 



2-41 



2-71 



3-52 



685 



8-38 



26-43 



30-95 



18-75 







By Bod and Line, 



1-56 



3-05 



072 



0-26 



0-98 



0-65 



2-20 



1-55 



44-94 



44-09 



Particulars as to the times grilse and sea trout appeared, as included in 

 the above return, are as follow : — The first grilse caught by net was on 

 26th April. The first grilse caught by rod and line was on 4th 

 July. The greatest number of sea trout and grilse were caught by 

 net in July and August, and by rod and line in October and November. 



