Fishery Board for Scotland — Statistical Tables. 



ISo. II. — continued. 



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Methods 



of 

 Fishing 

 pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal 

 Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Fish landed. 



Herrings. 



Other kinds 

 (excluding 

 Shell Pish). 



Value 



of 

 Shell 

 Fish. 



Principal 

 kinds of Fish 

 Landed. 



General Remarks. 



Creels. 



Drift nets, 

 lines, and 

 creels. 



Drift nets 

 and creels. 



Creels. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and 

 lines. 

 Creels. 



Along the 

 coast. 



Around the 

 island, and 

 1 to 5 miles 

 S.W. from 

 Cara. 



Along the 

 coast. 



Sound of 

 Islay. 



1 to 5 miles 

 off Rhynn 

 Light. 



Lochindaal. 



G ruin art 



Bay. 

 Around the 



island. 



Creels. 



Seine nets 

 and lines. 



Seine nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Seine nets, 

 drift nets, 

 and lines. 



Lines. 



Seine nets, 

 cod nets, 

 and lines. 



Seine nets. 



Cwts. 



127 



Vicinity of 



Luing. 

 Vicinity of 



Crinan. 



Skipness to 

 Otter, Loch 

 Fyne. 



Vicinity of 



Creek. 

 Skipness to 



Otter, Loch 



Fyne. 



119 



S7 



83 

 193 



Cod and Skipness to 

 drift nets, Otter, Loch 

 and lines. Fyne. 



Cod and 

 drift nets. 



Seine nets. 



5,412 



67 



>13 



,212 



Cwts. £ 



82 



96 



01 



124 



1,606 



24 



131 



310 



1,715 



428 



741 



134 

 60 



132 



42. ( 



13,722 



550 328 



218 



40 



22* 



83,825 



36,281 



93 



2.041 



2,844 



249 

 303 



103 



106 



037 



409 

 559 



281 

 427 



13 



64 

 146 



Lobsters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and herrings. 



Lobsters, her- 

 ring, and cod. 



Lobsters. 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and saithe. 



Plaice, had- 

 docks, herrings, 

 and cod. 

 Flounders, her- 

 rings, and cod. 

 Flounders, her- 

 rings, cod, and 

 lobsters. 

 Saithe. 



Lobsters. 



2.874 



1,175 

 409 



306 



50 



Lobsters. 



Oysters and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod, 

 and saithe. 



Cod. 



Herrings, cod, 

 mackerel. 



Herrings, mac- 

 kerel, cod. 



Herrings and 

 mackerel. 



Increase in number and value of 



lobsters landed. 

 Greatly increased landings of cod, 



and increase in number and 



value of lobsters. 



Increase in landings of herrings 

 and line fish, but large decrease 

 in landings of lobsters. 



Increase in number and value of 

 lobsters. 



Increase in quantities and values 

 of all fish landed. 



Slight decrease in herrings, but 

 greatly increased small line 

 landings. 



Decrease in herrings, but slight 

 increase in small line landings. 

 Do. do. do. 



Increase in quantity of saithe, but 



decrease in value. 

 Decrease in number of lobsters 



landed, but slight increase 42f 



value. 



Decrease in number and value of 

 lobsters. 



Increase over last year in quantity 

 i and value of shell fish. 

 A marked increase in the quantity 



and value of shell fish. 

 No fishing prosecuted from this 



creek now. 

 Decreases in quantity and value of 

 landings, fishermen preferring 

 to sell their herrings at sea. 

 Increases in quantity and value, 

 due chiefly to the large catch of 

 herrings in vicinity. 



Decreases in quantity and value 

 of fish landed. Nearly all the 

 fish caught by the borts from 

 these creeks are sold at sea. 



An increase in quantity landed, 

 but a decrease in value. 



Quantity and value more than 

 double those of last year. 



