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 ov Fish Landed. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Nets, lines 

 and creels 



Creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 



Lines a 

 creels. 



Inshore off 

 coasts of 

 island. 



1 to 4 miles 



Cwts. 



357 



537,377 



Inshore. 



5 to 60 miles 

 E.S.E. to 

 S. by E. 



Inshore 



Skaill Bay 

 and inshore. 



Stronsay 

 Firth and 

 inshore. 



Deersound 

 and inshore. 



Inshore. 



Scapa Flow. 



1 to 10 miles 

 S.W. 



Inshore. 



90,853 



728 



14 



35 

 21 



77 



60 



40 

 311 



Cwts. 



776 

 247 



393,656 



22,252 



61,095 



583 



10 



22 

 15 



143 



259 



408 



707 



1,977 



292 



324 

 125 



342 

 1,275 



653 



46 



275 



100 



183 



1,391 



Haddock and 

 lobsters. 



Herring, had- 

 dock, and 

 lobster. 



24,918 



6,341 



113 



287 



474 



1,017 



3,412 



487 

 108 



513 

 1,354 



964 



786 



610 



987 



518 



1,214 



423 



1S4 



110 

 1,319 



617 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and lobsters. 



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Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



Cod and had- 

 dock. 



Haddock, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



The fishermen engage in herring 

 fishing from the large ports. 



Increases in quantities and values 

 of landings. 



/ Crofter fishermen, engaging in 



\ lobster fishing during hummer 

 and autumn. An increase of 

 10 per cent, in quantity and 

 value of lobsters compared 

 with previous year. 



Crofter fishermen. Line and lobster 

 fishing prosecuted throughout 

 the year. Line fisheries less 

 productive than in 1919 ; lobster 

 fishing very successful. 



Crofter fishermen. Line fisheries 

 unimportant. Very successful 

 lobster fisheries during summer 

 and autumn. 



Principal herring fishing centre in 

 district. Herring fishery re- 

 sumed aft'-r six years, but re- 

 sults disappointing. Fourteen 

 curers opened stations. 



/Crofter fishermen. Line and 



\ lobster fishing carried on 

 throughout the year. Consider- 

 able decrease in line fisheries. 

 Increase of 45 per cent, in value 

 of shell fish. 



Crofter fishermen. Line fisheries 

 yielded poor resuits. Lobster 

 fishing successfully prosecuted 

 during summer a,nd autumn. 



Regular fishermen. Line fishing 

 successfully prosecuted through- 

 out the year. Few herrings 

 landed, and none cured. 



Crofter fishermen. Considerable 

 falling off in quantity and value 

 of line fish : slight increase in 

 value of shell fish. 



Crofter fishermen. Line fisheries 

 yielded poorer results than in 

 1919. No herrings cured. 



Crofter fishermen. Line fisheries 

 unimportant. Five large sailing 

 boats were fitted out for herring 

 fishing and fished from Stronsay. 



Crofter fishermen. A decrease of 

 37 per cent, in value of line fi*h. 



Regular fishermen. Line and lob- 

 ster fishing successfully prose- 

 cuted throughout the year. 



Crofter fishermen. Results of line 

 fisheries similar to previous 

 year's ; increase of 82 per cent, 

 in value of shell fish. 



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