of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



27 



No. II. — continued. 





Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value of 

 Shell Fisl 

 Taken. 



Principal Kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



No. of Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 





£ 











Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



2 to 30 miles oft 

 shore. 



2 to 30 miles off 

 shore. 





• 



• 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs, 

 i 



3 

 7 



N Most successful herring 

 \ fishing with the excep- 

 tion of 1884. The catch 

 I for tlie port was 20,7 18 

 ( crans. Slight increase 

 in both line and crat 

 j fishing. 











• 







27 







Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



1 to 6 and 20 to 

 3 5 miles off 

 shore. 



3,800 



2,424 



1,349 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, whit- 

 ings, cod- 

 lings, and 

 crabs. 



1 



Line fishing about the 

 average ; decrease in 

 crabs. Most of the fisher- 

 men prosecuted the her- 

 ring fishing throughout 

 the year, from home and 

 other ports. 









197,365 



44,304 



3 



Herrings, had- 

 docks cod- 

 li n v s. and 

 whitings. 



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In herrings, the winter 

 fishing exhibited a de- 

 crease, but the catch of 

 48,074 crans for the sum- 

 mer was a record ore. 

 Line fishing about the 

 average. With a few 

 exceptions the fishermen 

 prosecuted the herring 

 fishing exclusively. 

 Orders for the building 

 of three steam drifters 

 luve been given. 









647 



366 



794 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 crabs. 





Line and crab fishing 

 about the average. Most 

 of the fishermen prose- 

 cuted the summer her- 

 ring fishing from home 

 and other ports. 









201,812 



47,094 



2,140 





27 











1 







27 



















54 







Lines and crab 

 creels. 



From 1 to 20 miles 

 off. 



395 



132 



864 



Crabs and cod- 

 lings. 





Crab and lobster fishing 

 is tht principal industry 

 at this creek, line fish- 

 ing being carried on 

 only to secure bait for 

 the crab creels. 





Drift nets and 

 lines and crab 

 creels. 



From 1 to 15 

 miles off. 



17,000 



1 



6,355 



1,485 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 crabs. 



3 



Net, line, and crab and 

 lobster fisheries are 

 carried on more or less 

 all the year round, but 

 the winter herring fish- 

 ing is the chief branch 

 of" the fisheries prose- 

 cuted from this creek, 

 from 30 to 40 boats land- 

 ing their catches during 

 the months from Janu- 

 ary to March. 



