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Appendices to Thirty-ninth Annual Report 



the results show decreases of 555 cwts. and £498 when compared with 

 the figures of the previous year. 



An increase has to be noted in the. value of shell fish landed, which 

 is accounted for by the large quantity of whelks that were gathered by 

 the fishermen of Tarbert and Ardrishaig during the months of March, 

 April and May, when there was little doing at the herring fishing. 



The boat building trade was slack, and only one skiff was built in 

 this district during the year. This boat was built to the order of a local 

 crew, and is the largest fishing boat in Loch Fyne. 



No lives were lost in connection with the fisheries of this district. 



The following statement of the quantity and value of herrings landed 

 in this district during the years 1899 to 1920 shows clearly the revival 

 which took place during the Loch Fyne fishing during the past year. : — 





Cwts. 



£ 



1899 



109,810 



40,876 



1900 



86,589 



36,280 



1901 



102,608 



33,410 



1902 



92,181 



30,577 



1903 



74,193 



30,087 



1904 



27,414 



15,768 



1905 



16,352 



7,525 



1906 



18,403 



5,907 



1907 



13,698 



3,818 



1908 



. . 14,245 



4,589 



1909 



12,894 



4,076 



1910 



37,058 



9,327 



1911 



16,352 



3,323 



1912 



7,672 



2,182 



1913 



10,696 



5,048 



1914 



3,216 



1,937 



1915 



26,062 



8,440 



1916 



2,576 



1,916 



1917 



899 



641 



1918 



5,763 



6,623 



1919 



41,973 



16,193 



1920 



93,982 



36,281 





Andrew Anderson, 







Fishery Officer 



Fishery Office, 

 Tarbert, loth January 1921. 



Rothesay District, 



The aggregate results of the fisheries of Rothesay district for the 

 year 1920 were extremely disappointing. The landings exclusive of 

 shell-fish amounted to 56,287 cwts., value £26,129, and show decreases 

 of 61,927 cwts. and £49,919 as compared with those for 1919. This 

 remarkable decline is largely attributable to the failure of the herring 

 fishing in the Kyles of Bute. 



A downward tendency in the means of capture was again evident. 

 There are now in the district a total of 87 boats, being 11 sail and 3 motor 

 vessels less than for the previous year. No new vessels have been added 

 to the fleet. 



The landings in the district were heaviest in the month of January, 



