TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 LORD PENTLAND, 



His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Office of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, April, 1910. 



Your Lordship ; 



In continuation of our Twenty-eighth Annual Report, 

 we have the honour to submit — 



PART IT. — REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 



We have pleasure in stating that during the season 1909 the take of 

 salmon throughout Scotland has considerably improved. The weight 

 of salmon carried by railways and steamships shows an increase over 

 the average for the last five years of 320 tons. It is satisfactory, 

 also, to notice that the improvement is not confined to any particular 

 district or districts, but is common to the whole country, As 

 formerly, we have divided the coastal area into four groups of 

 districts — the first reaching from Berwick to Cairnbulg Point, at the 

 entrance to the Moray Firth ; the second, from this point to Cape 

 Wrath ; the third, from Cape Wrath to Glasgow ; and the last, from 

 Glasgow to the eastern limits of the Annan district in the Solway, 

 this (including the Kirtle) being, for salmon fishery purposes, the 

 southern limit of Scotland. 



We have thought it unnecessary to repeat the details of the indi- 

 vidual years since 1894, but in the following summary are given the 

 three quinquennial averages since that date, and the total weight of 



