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Thirty-ninth Annual Report 



The proportions of the year's catch landed by steam, motor and 

 sail drifters respectively were roughly 54 per cent., 39 per cent, and 

 7 per cent., as compared with 47 per cent., 41 per cent, and 12 per 

 cent, in 1919. 



The quantity of herrings landed in each district monthly in 1 920, 

 together with the totals for 1919, is shown in the following table : — 



Return showing the Quantity of Herrings landed in each District in 

 each Month of the Year 1920. 



District. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



A nor 



Sept. 



Oct. 



V. 



' 



Dec. 



Total. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 



. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 







Cvf ts. 



Cwts. 







Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



liiyeiiioutn 



■ ■ 1 



23/ 



161 



■ ■ 



/ ,20/ 



10, 364 



1 i , 224 





6,19o 



■ ■ 



21 



■ ■ 



61,692 



Leith 



2,586 



7,318 



6,658 



1,036 



632 



l li 



260 





1,646 



298 



216 



613 



22,622 



Anstruther - 







11.711 



567 



9 





2,625 



D.4ol 



60 







42 



24,331 



Montrose 



376 



47 



14 





64 



"63 



73 



237| 



115 



140 



20 



52 



1,201 



Stonehaven - 













423 



140 



38 1 



6 









607 



A.oerde3n 



2.907 



2 741 



447 



816 



2,057 



1,775 



13.681 



29,174 



30 137 



516 



105 





84.356 



Peterhead • 



7^34 : 



13.'556 



1170 



21 



' 10 



29.232 



215^051 



99', 159 



l'015 







385 



367.033 



Fraserburgh - 



9,523, 



15,493 



346 







46 023 



348,248 



78,488^ 



2,803 







102 



501,041 



Banff - 



917 



1,676 









1,942 



18,606 



8,949: 



135 







60 



32,285 



Buckie - 



30,663! 



17.366 



112 







4,221 



34,419 



16,197 







780 



570 



104,328 



Findhorn 



17,366 



9,932 



7,206 







309 



8,315 



8,729' 



3,061 



4 476 



4,415 



728 



64 537 



Cromarty 













3 





126, 



132 



54 



8 





323 



Helmsdale - 



-\ 











14 



"lis 



1.644 



309 









2 088 



Lyb3ter - 



3 













177 



1,227 



189 









1 604 



Wick - 



107,636 



83,035 



2,898 



56 



3,941 



78 218 



157,980 



89 446 



S.916 



1,820 



1,001 



2.380 



537,377 



Orkney - 





84 



14 





35 



23,429 



56,931 



11.137 











91,728 



Shetland 



?\ 



5,092 



4.550 



"67 



332 



30,373 



149,698 



120,399, 



154 









310,715 



Stornoway - 



43,495 



43.851 



1,231 



315 



6,772 



23 111 



36,229 



73,982, 



5 714 



1,393 



7,059 



23,799 



272,001 



Barra - 



966 



373 



122 



122 



4,483 



8.086 



7,806 



18,579 



479 





122 



15 



41.163 



Loch Broom - 



4,270 



28 



14 





2 



•• 



181 



466 



322 



:« 



1,675 



290 



7,273 



Loch Carron 



| 



























and Skye - 



25 359 



14,292 



144 



91 



1,491 



2.284 



887 



3,438 



2.186 



3,013 



7.269 



19,944 



80,403 



Fort-William 



69,388 



72,618 



1,523 



6,650 



37,748 



22,315 



13,771 



21.120 



2,888 



1,753 



10,371 



29,924 



290,069 



Campbeltown 



5,116 



3,591 



2,365 



1,662 



822 



3.698 



9,150 



12,599 



15. 40-0 



7,676 



4.11S 



1,904 



68.101 



Inveraray - 



10,213 





* . t 



658 



1,245 



3,344 



8,155 



1,984 



1.069 



1.722 



19,590 



45,648 



93,628 



Rothesay 



25,403 



8^946 



1,330 



263 



213 



873 



1,848 



1,750 



1,526 



293 



1,159 



6,932 



50,596 



Greenock 



490 



1,204 





609 



203 



1,025 



1,184 



370 



2 020 



374 



231 



1,663 



9,373 



Ballantrae • 



973| 



12,087 



245 



7 



1,467 



3,626 



6.945 



1,945 



3 240 



644 



1,078 



2.383 



34.640 



Totals 1920 



365,136 



316,513 



42,311 



12,940 



63,845 



300,485 



1,109.702 



623,532 



39,722 



24,207 



59.238 



137,484 



3,155,165 



Totals 1919 



340,123 



337,943 



64,641 



22,506 



127,567 



361,532 



1,264,068 



343,379 



72,713 



46,437 



57,793 



196,779 



3,735,486 



Trawling for Herrings. 



The system of trawling for herrings in British waters by means 

 of the ordinary commercial steam trawler commenced about the* 

 beginning of the present century, but little part was taken in this 

 new method of fishing by Scottish fishermen until 1908, when 21 

 vessels operated from Aberdeen. Xo great measure of success, 

 however, attended the efforts put forth in the years up to 1911. In 

 1912 the total landings of trawled herrings in Scotland were 5714 

 cwts., but in 1913 a considerable improvement took place, and the 

 landings amounted to 12,106 cwts. Hostilities broke out before the 

 1914 season had begun, and no landings of any consequence were 

 made during that year, or during the war : and the results of 1918 

 and 1919 were almost negligible. 



In 1920, however, a revival of this method took place. Through- 

 out the summer many trawlers occasionally landed herrings caught 

 near the surface or at intermediate depths while shooting or haul- 

 ing their trawling gear on various grounds in the Xorth Sea, but 

 herring trawling proper did not commence until about the 25th 

 August, from which date operations were carried on regularly until 



