Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 17 



No. II. 



Fishing Creek or Station on the Scottish Coasts during the year 1920. 







Quantity and Value o 



f Fish Landed. 





ations. 





Methods 



Of 



Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing St 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Trawl and 

 drift nets 

 and lines. 



The North 

 Sea. 













Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod, 

 and flat fish. 



20 



50,087 crans herrings landed, value 

 £148,841. Decreases of 15,056 

 crans and £5,437 from previous 

 year. Considerable increase in 

 landings of white fish. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



,, 



2 to 25 miles 

 offshore. 













Haddocks and 

 codlings. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, and 

 codlings. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



>> 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 ling?, and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



2 

 1 



3 

 3 



Average line fishing ; increase in 

 crabs and lobsters. 



Increase in herrings— 988 crans 

 landed, value £2,219. Average 

 catch of white fish and crabs. 



Herrings landed, 246 crans, value 



Art/crx. OIIq 11 O lULlCCloC 111 IfUlICI 



kinds. 



Decrease in white fish ; improve- 

 ment in crab and lobster fishing. 



Average white fishing; improve 

 ment in crab and lobster fishing. 

 Do. do. do. 



Average catch. 



Average line fishing ; increase in 



Herrings landed, 1,452 crans. value 

 £3,473. Average line fishing, 

 slight increase in crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Average line and crab fishing. 



Do. do. do. 

 Increase in herrings. 5,908 crans 

 landed, value £13,868. Average 

 line and crab fishings. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



M 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Inshore. 



»» 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 











• ) 

 .. 1 



5 

 6 



Average fishing. 



C Decided improvement in herring 

 J fishing — 10,526 crans landed, 

 j value £25,256. Average line 

 i. fishing. 



















40 





Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



it 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



it 



61,692 



45,490 



2,864 

 7,392 



4,205 

 11,502 



6,417 

 49 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, had- 

 docks, and 

 codlings. 



14 



Decrease in line fishing ; marked 

 increase in crabs and lobsters. 

 Two local crews prosecuted the 

 summer herring fishing. 



Summer herring fishing yielded 

 much better results than 

 in the preceding year. Con- 

 siderable decrease in line fish- 

 ing. Forty crews prosecuted 

 the autumn herring fishing at 

 Yarmouth with satisfactory 

 results. 



