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Part I. — Twenty-fifth Annual Be r port 



White-Fish Fishing. 



Second only in importance to the herring fishing is the white- 

 fish fishing. This branch of the industry is carried on by means 

 of two classes of vessels and by two different methods of fishing. 

 The two classes of vessels are, as in the case of the herring fishing, 

 those propelled by sails or oars and those propelled by steam. The 

 two methods of fishing are line fishing and trawling. In this 

 fishing the two methods of fishing do not coincide with the two 

 methods of propulsion. While almost every vessel engaged in 

 trawling is steam-propelled, line fishing is not confined to sailing 

 vessels alone. A number of steam vessels (191) engage in line 

 fishing (steam liners). 



The white-fish fishing of 1906 was the highest on record, both as 

 regards quantity and value. In quantity it exceeded that of 1905 

 by 77,489 cwts., and in value by £9,802. The totals for both these 

 years were :— 1905— 2,481,085 cwts.; value, £1,296,727; and for 

 1906—2,558,574 cwts. ; and £1,306,529. 



The usual Table of the progress of the white-fish fishing of 

 Scotland for ten years follows : — 



Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. 





Cwts. 



£ 



1897 



2,009,582 



913,687 



1898 



1,842,430 



923,346 



1899 



1,923,175 



1,040,110 



1900 



1,834,498 



1,074,600 



1901 



2,024,867 



1.166,919 



1902 



2,076,580 



1,133,088 



1903 



2,168,973 



1,145,887 



1904 



2,459,373 



1,202,942 



1905 



2,481,085 



1,296,727 



1906 



2,558,574 



1,306,529 



The two following Tables separate the above totals into the 

 results of each of the two methods of fishing by which that total 

 result is obtained — namely, by trawling and line fishing : — 



