Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



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No. II. — continued. 



Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Drift net, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Hand lines 

 and creels. 



Lines. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 

 1 to 7 miles 



off. Herring, 

 summer, 20 

 to 65 miles 

 E by N. to 

 S.F/. ; win- 

 ter, 4 to 25 

 miles off 

 north coast. 



1 to 7 miles 

 off. 



Sinclair Bay. 



Cwts. 



58 



471,366 



338,353 



Cwts. 



171 243 



I 



3,454 | 6,662 



2 to 4 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off the coast 

 of island. 



Pentland 

 Skerries, 

 1 to 5 miles 

 off. 



Dunnet Bay. 



2 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



Sandside Bay 



1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



182 



140 



360 

 22 



112 



63,770 



216 



245 



| 441 



ICS 



120 



204 

 25 



.53,752 



152 



200 



438 I 397 



1,058 1,431 



957 



295 

 766 



334 

 921 



U0 



7,582 



108 



273 



1,522 



105 



982 



486 



971 



114 



9,345 



112 

 180 



854 

 13 



82 



186 



973 



770 



255 



817 



841 



259 

 199 



Codling and 

 crabs. 



Herrings and | 61 

 cod. 



Codling and 

 lobsters. 



Codling, had- 

 dock, and 

 lobsters. 



Codling, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Codling. 



Codling and 

 lobster. 



Codling, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Codling and 

 haddock. 



Herring, cod- 

 ling, halibut, 

 skate, and 

 lobsters. 



Lobster and 

 crabs. 



Herring, cod- 

 1 i n g, and 

 lobsters. 



Codling. 



Lobsters. 



Haddock. 



Fish were scarce and the general 

 results of the fishing poor. 



The winter herring fishing was a 

 great success, the landings and 

 value being the highest on 

 record. The summer herring 

 fishing, under a Government 

 Guarantee, made a promising- 

 start, which, however, was not 

 maintained. On the first two 

 days of the fishing the landings 

 were heavy, but afterwards the 

 results were disappointing for 

 the majority of the crews 

 engaged. 



The fishermen usually fish in motor 

 boats and land the majority of 

 their catches at Wick. 



In August and September the 

 fishermen prosecuted with suc- 

 cess inshore herring fishing. 

 Average results were obtained 

 at line fishing. 



The remarks against Ackergill 

 also apply here. The fishermen 

 usually landed their catches of 

 herrings at Wick. 



Considerable increases in quantity 

 and value of fish landed. 



The motor boat has proved a 

 great boon to the fishermen of 

 this island, enabling them to 

 fish more regularly and over a 

 larger area. 



Unimportant fisheries. 



Both line and creel fishing was 

 successfully prosecuted. 



Unimportant fisheries. 



Scrabster is a convenient landing 

 port when the herring fleet is 

 prosecuting the winter and early 

 summer fishing off the North 

 Coast. The harbour has just been 

 provided with 12 electric lamps, 

 which are likely to prove of 

 great benefit. 



Increase in value of shell fish. 



The fisheimen with their motor 

 boats frequently land their 

 catches at Thurso. 



Little done at fishing from this 

 creek. Fishermen principally 

 employed at deep-sea herring 

 fishing. 



A considerable increase in quan- 

 tity and value of herrings and 

 other fish. 



