Fishery Board for Scotland- — Statistical Tables. 23 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 





Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



No. of Curing Stations. 



Gemeral Remarks. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 



lines. 

 Mussel 

 dredging 

 Nets and 



lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 

 Nets, lines 

 and creels. 



Vicinity of 

 Bell Rock 

 and 1 to 30 

 miles off 

 shore. 



Along coast. 



1 to 25 miles 

 off and 

 South Esk. 



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Along coast. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



1 to 30 miles 

 off. 



Cwts. 

 66 



332 

 122 



£ 



58 



235 

 99 



Cwts. 

 21,139 



218 

 17 



13,773 



73 

 2,834 



20,196 



£ 



43,512 



404 

 36 



22,564 



126 

 6,141 



27,982 



£• 

 809 



78 



284 

 248 



2,823 



107 

 815 



963 



Haddocks.cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 crabs, and 

 lobsters. 



Crabs, lob- 

 sters, and 

 haddock. 



Crabs and 

 lobsters. 



Whelks. 



Haddock, cod- 

 lings, plaice, 

 whiting, cat- 

 fish. 



Crabs and 



lobsters. 

 Crabs, lobsters, 



plaice and cod. 



Haddocks, 

 codlings, whit- 

 ing, crabs, and 

 lobsters. 



3 



1 



1 



5 



Slight decrease in the quantity of 

 white fish, but the value shows 

 a decrease of 21 per cent. Im- 

 provement of 40 per cent, in the 

 value of shell fish. 



The landings of white fish dropped 

 from 577 cwts. valued at 

 £1152. 



Unimportant creek. 



Fishermen land their fish at Mon- 

 trose. 



Steam trawlers flsh from Aberdeen 

 and Granton. A total decline 

 of 7510 cwts. in quantity and 

 £20,819 in value is accounted 

 for by decreases of 67 7 per cent.. 

 9*6 per cent, and 55*8 per cent, 

 in quantity, and 74 per cent., 

 31 5 per cent, and 72 per cent, 

 in values of trawl fish, motor 

 line fish and sail line fish respec 

 tively. 



Creek of no importance. 



More attention was given to seine 

 net and cod net fishing, and 

 there is consequently a large 

 falling off in line fish landings. 

 Slight improvement in value of 

 shell fish. 



Decrease of 20 per cent, in quan 

 tity of white fish, due principallj 

 to landing of seine net catches 

 at Aberdeen. The shell fi*h 

 landings increased in value by 

 76'3 per cent. Trawler operates 

 from Aberdeen. 



1,201 



997 



136,257 



202,631 



6,348 



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Lines and 

 crab creels 



Nets, lines 

 and crat 

 creels. 



Line and 

 crab creels 



Lines and 

 lobster 

 creels. 





1 to 3 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 6 miles 

 offshore 



1 to 40 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 5 miles 

 offshore. 



10 



583 

 14 



10 



632 

 16 



15 



552 

 12,534 



143 



223 



20 

 552 

 14,312 



132 



289 



340 

 1,040 



95 



55 

 10 



Codlings and 

 crabs. 



it 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, whitings, 

 mackerel, her- 

 rings, and crabs. 

 Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 

 Haddocks, whit- 

 ings, and 

 lobsters. 



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Decreases in quantity and value 

 of white fish, but slight increase 

 in value of shell fish. 



Decreases in quantity and value 



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crease in value of shell fish. 

 Considerable decreases in quantity 

 and value of white fish, but a 

 slight increase in herrings. 



Fishermen land most of their 

 catches at Stonehaven. 



Slight decrease in landings of 

 both white flsh and shell fish. 



607 



658 



13,467 



15,305 



1,540 



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