Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



No. II. — continued. 



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Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal . 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landkd. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Fish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Lauded. 



Genkral Remarks. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Lines. 



ets and 

 lines. 



Cwts. 



Inshore. 



1 to 60 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



Inshore. 



1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 40 miles 



1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1 to 60 miles 



Inshore. 



Y 2,412 



310,715 



The Minch 

 and Sea 

 Lochs. 



The Minch. 



730 



251,753 



227,129 



317 



171,974 



Cwts. 



521 



SO 



200 



824 



295 



491 



8,417 



31,994 



1,595 



1,223 



10,028 



364 



48 



191 



446 



405 



302 



8,097 



27,678 



712 



1,076 



6,863 



495 



236 



Haddocks and 

 saithe. 



Haddocks and 

 saithe. 



Herrings, 

 saithe, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, and 

 halibut. 



Saithe and 

 haddocks. 



Saithe, had- 

 docks and 

 halibut. 



Cod saithe 

 and haddocks. 



Haddocks, her- 

 rings, cod, 

 halibut and 

 skate. 



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Cod, ling, had- 

 docks, and 

 eels. 



Haddocks, 

 herrings, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod. 

 ling, and 

 saithe. 



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The men of this section are devot- 

 I ing more time to crofting than 

 }■ to fishing, and so long as the 

 crofts provide a livelihood this 

 will continue. 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



^ There was no herring fishing pro- 

 | secuted from Baltasound. The 

 }■ Unst crofter fishermen now de- 

 I vote practically all their time 

 J and attention to their crofts, 

 which are bringing in a good 

 revenue. Many also are working 

 in the chromate quarries. 

 ^ The catch of fish in this section, 

 I though double that of the pre- 

 j ceding year, is not of much 

 J importance in the aggregate. 

 Crofting work is the chief in- 

 terest meantime. 



h Decreases of 520 cwts. and £1202. 



Small increases in quantity and 

 ! value. Many men engaged at 

 f herring fishing at Lerwick during 

 I summer. 



; 



^ The Scalloway landings show de- 

 I creases of 5321 cwts. and £18,765 

 | as compared with 1919. The 

 I largest decreases are in had- 

 f docks, accounting for 4388 cwts. 

 I and £18,682. The herring fishing 

 I season at Scalloway was of short 

 J duration, owing to strike of 

 fishermen in June. All the local 

 steam, motor and sail boats 

 fished for herrings at Lerwick 

 during the summer season. 



Fishing results similar to those of 

 last year. 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



The winter herring catch was less 

 than half of thai of the previous 

 year, but the summer fishing was 

 the best for many years. 



