of the, Fisher 1/ Board for Scotland. 



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equipped inshore boats are falling out of the race, and are being 

 replaced by larger and better-equipped boats. 



The steam-propelled vessels employed in the direct work oflncrea 

 fishing numbered 819, as against 475 in 1905, or an increase of 72 

 per cent. Of these 819 vessels, 274, of the value of £1,081,284, 

 were engaged in trawling for white fish ; and 545, of the value of 

 £1,155,770, fished with lines for white fish (steam liners) or with 

 nets for herrings (steam drifters). 



The following is a summary of the number and value of vessels 

 engaged in the Scottish fisheries for the past decade arranged 

 according to their means of propulsion : — 



Year. 



Sailing Vessels. 



Steamers. 



Trawlers. 



Liners and Drifters. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



1897 



11,459 



£687,040 



117 



£359,140 



57 



£125,480 



1898 



11,386 



706,855 



149 



491.440 



41 



84.535 



1899 



11,004 



764,515 



207 



783,440 



44 



82,780 



1900 



10,973 



831,670 



232 



938,740 



70 



145,490 



1901 



10 848 



888,041 



256 



1,060,205 



97 



200,910 



1902 



10,722 



944,814 



275 



1,185,825 



100 



205,620 



1903 



10,572 



994,552 



280 



1,216,423 



156 



355,915 



1904 



10,417 



997,067 



270 



1,102,350 



204 



453,095 



1905 



10,106 



959,861 



266 



1,026,970 



209 



452,080 



1906 



9,735 



916,973 



274 



1,081,284 



545 



1,155,770 



The most noteworthy point in this table is the fact that during Increase of 

 the year sailing vessels have gone down by 371, while steamers steamDnfters - 

 have increased by 344. Of this increase 8 have been trawlers and 

 336 steam liners and drifters, but nearly all drifters. 



DIFFERENT FISHERIES. 

 Herring Fishery. 



This fishing holds its position as the mainstay of the fishing importance of 

 population. It affords the means of livelihood to 35,900, or 92 Is™! 

 per cent, of the fishermen of Scotland. It bulks so largely in 

 the total fisheries of Scotland that its success or failure practically 

 determines the character of the fishing for the year. 



