Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 19 



No. II. — continued. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





nations. 





Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



1 m 



. 5>D 



a 



3 



P 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



& 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



2 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 







256 



357 



2,305 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 





Line fish mostly landed at Eye- 

 mouth. Decided improvement 

 in crab and lobster returns. 

 Two local crews prosecuted the 

 summer herring fishing at Ire- 

 land and two were at Yarmouth 

 in autumn. 







61,692 



45,490 



10,512 



16,064 



8,771 





14 





















40 





















54 





Crab creels. 



Creels and 

 lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Dredges. 



Drift and 

 seine nets. 



Otter 

 trawling. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



ii 



Adjacent 

 waters. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



Adj a cent 

 waters. 



Firth of Forth 

 North Sea. 



241 



20 

 48 



49 



13,512 

 1 986 



289 



20 

 48 



57 



12,212 

 2,256 



400 

 3,283 



2,163 

 14,807 



114 



222 



8,331 

 441,308 



338 

 5,710 



3,747 



32,135 



138 

 363 



9,969 

 529,475 



2,624 

 5,429 



439 

 1,223 

 64 



160 

 238 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Codling and 

 crabs. 



Haddock. 



Codling and 

 haddock. 



Codling. 



Codling. 



Mussels. 



Herrings and 

 codling. 



Codling, had- 

 dock, and 

 plaice. 



2 



3 

 10 



An important crab and lobster 

 fishery carried on. Increase in 

 quantity and value of fish landed 



The fisheries are declining at this 

 once important creek. Increase 

 in quantity and value of fish 

 landed. 



Only four motor line crew3 work- 

 ing. Results almost the same 

 a3 in 1919. 



An active body of fishermen reside 

 at these places. Results almost 

 the same as in 1919. 



A creek of no note so far as the 

 fisheries are concerned. 



The fisheries are receiving less 

 attention yearly at this creek. 

 A number of the fishermen go 

 as hired men. 



Of no importance so far as actual 

 fishing is concerned, but an im- 

 portant centre for exporting and 

 importing cured fish. 



An historical herring fishing sta- 

 tion, but interest in the fishing 

 is dwindling. Results almost 

 similar to 1919. 



Headquarters of the district trawl- 

 ing ; it has now assumed its pre- 

 war position as a trawling port. 

 Large increases in quantity and 

 value. 



Bag-net fishing is chief method 

 carried on. Returns about the 

 same as previous year. 



Do. do. do. 



Do. do. do. 



Landings mainly effected by 

 stranger crews. Increase in 

 quantity and value. 

 Landings mainly effected by 

 stranger crews. Decrease in 

 quantity and value. 



Do. do. do. 

 Fisheries unimportant. 

 Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Bag-nets. 

 »i 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



ii 



ii 



Upperreaches 

 of Firth of 

 Forth. 



ii 



Foreshores. 

 Firth of Forth 



221 



115 

 1,103 



15 

 1,982 



263 



2,943 

 'il9 



5 



347 



97 

 449 



15 



2,332 



284 



2,553 

 'l23 

 4 



760 



2,538 

 1,324 



8 



37 

 308 

 412 



593 



817 



1,198 

 800 



8 



77 

 707 

 595 



615 



14 



Herrings and 

 codling. 



Sprats. 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 

 Herring's. 



Haddock. 

 Codling and 

 Haddock. 



i 

 i 



2 







22.622 



21,086 



176,608 



5S6.692 



10,191 





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