Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



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No. II. — continued- 



Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Drift nets, 

 small 

 lines, and 

 cod nets. 



Drift nets, 

 small 

 lines, and 

 hand 

 lines. 



Moray Firth. 



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Moray Firth 



Inverness 

 and Beauly 

 Firths. 



Inverness, 

 Beauly, 

 and Moray 

 Firths. 



Cromarty 

 and Ding- 

 wall Firths, 

 and 1 to 8 

 miles off 

 Sutors. 



Cwts. 

 139 



4,994 



5,852 



93,343 



104,328 



15,817 



1,802 



92 



46,826 



64,537 



295 



3,270 

 3,725 



64,239 



71,323 



10,611 



1,181 



55 



13,072 



24,919 



144 



Cwts. 



865 



947 



31,232 



3,106 



37,093 



17,018 



8,107 

 7,527 

 648 



4,076 



1,270 



3,653 



42,299 



388 



3,351 



1,075 



1 254 

 1,354 



50,184 

 4,760 



58,627 



25,185 



12,722 

 11,785 

 1,000 



8,443 



2,401 



1,676 



63,212 



507 



56 



76 



186 



105 



194 



565 



111 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and flounders. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



Herrings, cod, 



and haddocks. 

 Haddocks, 



plaice, and 



mussels. 

 Haddocks and 



plaice. 



Herrings and 

 sprats. 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 



Codlings, had- 

 dock, and 

 plaice. 



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Fishermen mostly employed at the 



various herring fishing centres 



and few fish landed at creek. 



Landings show a decrease from 



last year's. 

 Increases in quantity and value of 



fish landed, for which herrings 



chiefly responsible. 

 Considerable falling off in quantity 



of herrings, but other kinds 



about the average. 



Increase in number of vessels be- 

 longing to creek of 8 steam 

 drifters as compared with 1919. 

 Quantity and value of fish 

 landed, especially herrings, 

 show an improvement. 



A marked improvement in quantity 

 and value. 



Five-sixths of the fishermen are 

 wholly dependent upon the 

 results of herring fishing pro- 

 secuted at the chief centres 

 around the coast. Results for 

 the year were fair. 



Do. do. do. 



Do. do. 

 Unimportant. 



do. 



Conditions similar to those of 

 Lossiemouth, Hopeman and 

 Burgh ead. 



Fishermen employed chiefly at 

 herring and sprat fishing in 

 the Inverness Firth. 



Small herring and sprat fishing 

 was faiily successful during first 

 three months of the year, but a 

 failure during last four months. 



Increase in quantity ; decrease in 

 value. 



Decreases in quantity and value. 



