Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



No. II. — continued. 







Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





tations. 





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 S 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



•i 



Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Mussel 

 Dredging. 



Bag-Nets. 



Firth of Forth 



Firth of Forth 

 and North 

 Sea. 



Along the 

 coast to 10 

 miles out. 



Along the 

 coas r . 



St. Andrews 

 Bay and 

 to the Bell 

 Rock. 



River Eden. 



Estuary of 

 Tay. 



River Tay. 



3 



6,569 

 1,648 

 15,985 



116 

 60 



3 



6,039 

 1,417 

 11,592 



109 

 40 



3,776 



134 



1,807 



123 

 1,488 



14,079 



1,139 



2,124 



31 



3,538 



854 

 9,297 



8,381 



97 



2,200 



175 

 2,743 



22,951 



2,045 



2,284 



33 

 5,243 



43 

 1,413 



195 

 60 



2 



461 



3,778 



247 

 990 



1,026 

 1,557 



Haddocks and 

 codling. 



Mackerel, 

 coclliDg, and 

 plaice. 



Haddocks, 

 codling, and 

 plaice. 



Haddocks and 



codling. 

 Herring, cod, 



and codling. 



Haddocks, 

 codling, and 

 herring. 



Herring, cod, 

 and codling. 



Codling, had- 

 dock, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Plaice, codling, 

 and haddocks. 



Mussels. 



Mussels and 

 sprats. 



Sprats, spar- 

 lings, and 

 flounders. 



2 

 4 

 5 



A slight increase in quantity but 

 a slight decrease in value on 

 the previous year. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station. 



A slight increase in quantity but 

 decrease in value. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station. 



A considerable decrease in quan- 

 tity and value, chiefly in herring 

 and codling. 



A slight increase in quantity but 

 a considerable decrease in value. 



A considerable increase in quan- 

 tity of herrings landed, but coni. 

 siderable decrease in total value 

 of all fish. 



Considerable decreases inquantity 

 and value of white fish and con- 

 siderable increase in value of 

 shell fish. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station. Shell fish show a slight 

 increase. 



Considerable increases in quantity 

 and value, chiefly of haddocks 

 and codling. Motor engines were 

 installed in 7 small sail boats, 

 and 1 new motor boat was added 

 to the fleet. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station ; shell fish show a slight 

 decrease in value. 



Of no importance as a fishing 

 station ; shell fish show a con- 

 siderable increase in value. 



A considerable increase in quan- 

 tity and value. The compara- 

 tive low value is due to the 

 preponderance of sprats, which 

 were sold for manure. 







24,381 



19.200 



■ 3S,390 



47,613 



8,316 





11 





Trawling 



and 

 Bag-Nets. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



From 5 to 60 

 miles E. 

 and E.S.E 

 from Bell 

 Rock and 

 Tay Estu- 

 ary. 



Tay Estu- 

 ary. 



192 

 489 



330 

 275 



77,132 

 709 



100,540 

 1,186 



92 



Haddocks, 

 sprats, cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 whitings, 

 sprats, and 

 skate. 



Herrings, 

 plaice, and 

 dabs. 



1 



Landings of local trawlers were 

 augmented by those of a few 

 vessels belonging to Granton 

 and Aberdeen. Quantity and 

 value of trawl fish show in- 

 creases of 50 per cent, and 14 

 per cent, respectively, but there 

 is a decrease of 18 per cent, in 

 the quantity of sprats. 



Decrease of 17 per cent, in the 

 quantity of white fish. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Along coast. 







71 



95 



41 



99 



50 

 79 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 





Unimportant creek. 



Do. 



