TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 JOHN SINCLAIR, M.P., 



His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 10 th May, 1907. 



Sir — In terms of 45 & 46 Vict. c. 78, we, the Members of 

 the Fishery Board for Scotland, have the honour to present the 

 following Report, being for the year 1906 : — 



PART I. -GENERAL STATEMENT. 



Total Results. 



The general results of the Scottish fisheries in the year under 

 report have been, upon the whole, very satisfactory. Though the 

 fish landed has not in quantity equalled the figures of either 1904 

 or 1905, which were both record years in that respect, yet in value 

 the catch of 1906 exceeds that of any year hitherto recorded. 

 That position was previously held by 1905, with a total of 

 £2,649,148; but 1906 shows a value of £2,977,593, or £328,445 Beoord in 



Value. 



above any previous record. 



In the matter of the quantity of fish landed, both the years 

 1904 and 1905 exceeded 1906. The figures are— for 1904, 

 7,947,829 cwts. ; and for 1905, 7,856,310 cwts. ; while for 1906 the 

 total was 7,593,369 cwts Thus we have an increase in value for 

 1906 as compared with 1905 of £328,445, with a decrease in catch Decrease in 

 of 262,941 cwts. This is explained by the higher prices obtained for 

 herrings during 1906. 



Vessels Employed. 



The number of vessels employed in the sea fisheries of Scotland Decrease in 

 during the year was 10,554, or a decrease from the preceding year um c ' 

 of 27. This decrease in number was, however, accompanied by an in- 



