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the immediately preceding years, and reached a level which owing to 

 the continued high working expenses too often proved unremunerative 

 to the producer. 



It was frequently to be observed during the year that the 

 financial results of the fishing were best when broken weather 

 restricted supplies, and it was evident that the productive power 

 of the industry in good weather was too great for the existing 

 channels of distribution. At the same time the fall in wholesale 

 quotations did not appear to be fully reflected in the retail prices, so 

 that it was not followed by such an increase in the home consumption 

 as might have been anticipated, and as is essential to the revival of 

 the industry. 



Towards the total cat-jfi haddocks contributed over one third, 

 followed at no great distance by cod and codling. This it may be 

 noted is a reversal of the order which prevailed before the war, when 

 large quantities of cod were brought in by foreign and other trawlers 

 from Icelandic waters. The fish could doubtless still be procured 

 and landed in the same abundance as formerly, but owing to the 

 state of the dried-fish markets there was little inducement to do so 

 during the year. Next in order of value, although not of quantity, 

 came halibut, plaice and lemon soles. Of halibut and plaice the 

 year's landings were remarkably large. Halibut is taken chiefly by 

 great-line vessels, but the other four kinds named by trawlers. 



Details of the landings for each fishery district with summaries 

 for the East Coast, etc. and for the whole of Scotland are contained 

 in the Table B., No. II. (p. 60), while the following statement shows, 

 also by districts, how the landings were distributed over the year. 



Return showing the Quantity of White Fish landed in each District 

 in each Month of the Year 1920. 



Districts. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Eyemouth 



2,807 



1.733 



560 



700 



434 



71 



214 



187 



139 



998 



959 



1,002 



9,804 



Leith - 



13,163 



28,491 



32,310 



38,459 



42,297 



48,730 



44,393 



43,173 



51,102 



47,723 



37,861 



44.615 



472,317 



Anstruther - 



3,183 



3.044 



2,352 



1,751 



2,208 



2,532 



2,626 



2,284 



2,481 



1,842 



1,823 



2,141 



28,267 



Montrose 



8,721 



8,936 



7,727 



7,619 



12,014 



12,815 



12,147 



11,687 



13,525 



9,904 



6,963 



8,101 



120,159 



Stonehaven - 



862 



652 



516 



871 



1,37S 



1,450 



1,446 



1,559 



1,459 



1,207 



688 



653 



12,741 



Aberdeen 



105,611 



128,938 



166 504 



233,608 



244,839 



257,558 



195,699 



153,457 



147,431 



142,580 



119,507 



145,761 



2.041,493 



Peterhead 



1,826 



3.158 



2,655 



2.543 



4,054 



2,951 



1,156 



1,236 



1,213 



918 



454 



421 



22,585 



Fraserburgh - 



3.3S9 



2.664 



2,386 



2,916 



4,624 



3,480 



1,354 



1,381 



2,525 



3,122 



1,845 



2,427 



32,113 



Banff - 



5,380 



4,025 



2,662 



1,470 



1,617 



1,697 



1,836 



1,646 



4,154 



5,014 



3,715 



4.492 



37,708 



Buckie - 



3,523 



6,889 



12,522 



1,948 



1,465 



905 



823 



1,517 



1,302 



1,415 



1,110 



1.909 



35,328 



Findhorn 



2,S98 



4,579 



9,183 



1,657 



1,904 



2,467 



2,929 



2,550 



2,966 



2,644 



2,195 



3,047 



39,019 



Cromarty 



833 



1,069 



1,256 



1,043 



940 



1,007 



1,320 



1,087 



941 



1,009 



842 



1,131 



12,478 



Helmsdale - 



1,277 



1,695 



1,819 



1,060 



771 



856 



920 



908 



1,254 



1,239 



1,260 



2,263 



15,327 



Lybster - 



130 



360 



304 



186 



230 



153 



70 





30 



316 



631 



687 



3,097 



Wick 



1 529 



2,182 



2,166 



993 



1,793 



2.509 



1,354 



1,680 



901 



1,164 



2,043 



2,044 



20,358 



Orkney - 



258 



204 



432 



564 



631 



1,120 



726 



683 



728 



908 



464 



921 



7,639 



Shetland 



4 200 



3.S48 



1,473 



1,741 



1,225 



2,160 



5,412 



3,443 



836 



711 



1,518 



3,685 



30,252 



Stornoway - 



1,753 



2,205 



2,023 



1,657 



3,510 



3,893 



4,492 



2,349 



2,609 



1,309 



1,478 



1,822 



29,100 



Barra - 



190 



233 



252 



373 



432 



280 



524 



825 



353 



352 



223 



263 



4,300 



Loch Broom - 



262 



882 



2,793 



2 ; 255 



387 



401 



407 



447 



417 



519 



410 



413 



9,593 



Loch Carron 





























and Skye • 



2 414 



2,318 



1,802 



802 



131 



117 



94 



58 



65 



102 



86 



437 



8,436 



Fort-William 



1,864 



7,520 



10,605 



8,175 



3.330 



716 



364 



341 



402 



633 



315 



442 



34,707 



Campbeltown 



162 



664 



2,603 



1,869 



208 



312 



168 



419 



429 



329 



115 



169 



7,447 



Inveraray 



102 



100 



170 



76 



48 



14 



23 













533 



Rothesay 



262 



697 



1,614 



909 



259 



43 



56 



"l5 



"59 



"l8 



177 



i96 



4,385 



Greenock 



56 



273 



169 



146 



50 



41 



55 



41 



50 



100 



28 



42 



1,051 



Ballantrae - 



1,777 



4,838 



8,860 



2,576 



1,562 



738 



627 



728 



811 



1,748 



1,620 



1,559 



27.444 



Totals 1920 



168,442 



222.197 



277,748 



317,967 



332,341 



349,016 



281,235 



233,701 



238,182 



227,824 



188,330 



230.648 



3,067 631 



Toials 1919 



85,083 



141,017 



148,589 



194,736 



275,045 224,017 



262,155 



237,874 



150,054 



103,012 



125.11S 



187,635 



2,134,335 



