Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



No. II. — continued. 



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Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 





No. of Curing stations. 





Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









Small lines. 



Small lines 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 crab creels. 



Trawl, 



lines, nets. 



• 



1 to 8 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 8 miles 

 offshore. 



1 to 8 miles 

 offshore. 



North Sea 

 in Lat. 53° 

 to 61° N. 

 Orkney, 

 Shetland, 

 North- 

 we stern, 

 Grounds, 

 Flannan 

 Isles, St. 

 Kilda, Butt 

 of Lewis, 

 West coast 

 of Ireland, 

 Faroe and 

 Iceland. 



28 

 84,328 



27 

 71,087 



566 

 970 

 837 

 2040948 



580 

 1,008 

 1,094 

 2863733 



58 

 220 

 3 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 whitings. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and crabs. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 herrings, ling, 

 saithe, whit- 

 ings, halibut, 

 lemon soles, 

 plaice, meg- 

 rims, skate, 

 etc. 



146 



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Decrease in quantity and value. 



Quantity similar, but increase in 

 value. Increase in value of 

 shell fish. 



Slight decrease in quantity and 

 value of white fish. Large in- 

 crease in value of shell fish. 



Large increases in quantity and 

 value of herrings. White fish 

 show considerable increase in 

 quantity, but only slight in- 

 crease in value. 







84,356 



71,114 



2043321 



2866415 



281 





146 





Mussel 

 dredging. 

 Lines. 



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 II 



Nets, 

 lines, and 

 motor 

 trawling. 



Lines. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



1 to 2 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



1 to 3 miles, 

 and from 15 

 to 80 miles 

 off. 



1 to 2 miles 

 off. 



}:: 



367,033 



285,884 



312 

 117 



1,159 

 1,033 



23,880 



107 



361 



226 



1,897 

 1,265 



33,123 



111 



' 158 

 5 



Mussels. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 flounders. 



Codlings. 



Codling-s and 

 plaice. 



Mackerel, cod- 

 lings, and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Codlings. 



2 

 97 



Unimportant as a fishing creek. 



Fishermen engage in small line 

 fishing only. Catch similar to 

 that of last year. 



Line fishing carried on for a few 

 months. At other periods fisher- 

 men operate with drift nets 

 from Peterhead and other ports. 

 Little change in landings. 



Decrease in quantity and value of 

 fish landed. 



Of no importance. Fishing ir- 

 regularly prosecuted. 



Slight increase in quantity landed 

 but decrease in value. Opera- 

 tions from creek confined to 

 lining. Fisherman work with 

 drift nets from Peterhead and 

 other Scottish and English her- 

 ring ports. 



Considerable falling off in quan- 

 tity, due chiefly to decrease in 

 landings of herrings and had- 

 docks ; increase in value, how- 

 ever, owing to higher prices 

 ruling for herrings. Increase in 

 quantity and value of codlings. 



Creek of little importance Practi- 

 cally no change in catch. 







367,033 



285,884 



26,608 



36,983 



163 





99 















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