of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



25 



No. II. 



Fishing Creek or Station on the Scottish Coasts during the Year 1906. 





Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value of 

 Shell Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



No. of Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks, 









Cwts. 



£ 



£ 











Lines and creels. 



Inshore. 



• 



• 





Codlings and 

 whitings. 



• 



Laree export of coal. 

 Fishing of no import- 

 ance. 



Salmon fishing during the 

 summer. Line fishing 

 prosecuted on a small 

 scale. 





Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 











Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 





No herrings landed. Line 

 and crab fishing below 

 the average. Mostly 

 salmon fisiiing during 

 tiie summer. 





ii 



1 to 15 miles off 

 shore. 









Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



4 



2 



Large increase in her- 

 rings : — 4 2 5 2 crans 

 against 2047 in 1905. 

 Line fishing under the 

 average ; increase in 

 crabs Harbour works 

 progressing somewhat 

 slowly. 



Line and crab fishing 

 below the average. 



Most successful herring 

 fishing since 1882, the 

 catch being 2750 crans. 

 Slight decrease in line 

 fishing, but fair increase 

 in crabs. 







2 to 25 miles off 

 shore. 











9 



Chief centre for herring 

 fishing in the English 

 section. The catch of 

 31 ,010 crans constitutes a 

 record. Three crews at 

 Yarmouth herring fish- 

 ing hud aggregate earn- 

 ings of £665. Decrease 

 in line and crab fishing. 







1 to 15 miles off 

 shore. 



i 









2 



Small herring station, only 

 165 crans landed. De- 

 crease in line and crab 

 fishing. 



