of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



29 



No. II.— continued. 





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 Curine 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Owts. 





I 



! £ 











Drift nets and 

 lines and crab 

 creels. 



Firth of Forth, 

 and off May 

 Island. 



1.610 



617 



219 



Haddocks, 

 codlings, and 

 crabs. 





Fishermen do not depend 

 entirely upon fishing for 

 their livelihood. Catch 

 of fish shows a decrease. 





Drift nets, 

 seine nets 

 lines, and 

 dredges. 





10 ; 386 



8,012 



990 



Haddocks, cod, 

 flounders, and 

 clams. 





Fishermen at this creek 

 follow tlie li8rriii£j fisli- 

 ing, beginning in the 

 month of May, on the 

 vest coast of Scotland, 

 Shetland, ;md Enst Coast, 

 and also on the English 

 and Irish coasts. The 

 local fisheries are con- 

 fined chief!}' to net and 

 line fishing for flounders 

 and codlings. 





Hand lines. 



Froml to 5 miles 

 off. 



283 



104 



41 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 





Of httle importance as a 

 fishing creek. Fisher- 

 men leave home to pro- 

 secute the herring fi-h- 

 lng at different stations 

 in Scotland, England, 

 and Ireland. 





Nets and lines. 



Firth of Forth 



2,951 



1,947 



25 



Haddocks, 

 cod, a n d 

 flounders, 





Line fishing is carried on 

 from this creek during 

 the spring and autumn 

 months. lis ennen also 

 prosecute the hernrg 

 fishing in Scotland, Eng- 

 land, ami Ireland. 





Hand lines. 



Inshore. 



630 



236 



398 



Codlings and 

 sliell-flsh. 



3 



Shell fish, principally 

 mussels and clams, 

 are obtained by New- 

 haven boats, for dis- 

 tribution to other dis- 

 tricts for bait. 





Drift- trfl-vl 



seine, and 

 other nets, 

 lines, and 

 dredges. 



r n in oi r ortn ioi 

 drift, seine, and 

 other net s. 

 Irawling «0 to 

 120 miles off. 



394,171 



176,326 



136 



Herrings, sprats, 

 cod, ling, had- 

 docks, and 

 flounders. 



3 



The chief mode of fishing 

 from these creeks i> bv 

 trawl nets. The indus- 

 try is ex. ending yearly, 

 and the number of ves- 

 sels increasing. A con- 

 siderable increase in the 

 returns of fish landed as 

 compared with those of 

 the previous year is 

 shown. 





Hand lines. 



Firth of Forth. 







29 



Shell-fish. 





Fisheries unimportant, 

 and posecuted only 

 occasionally ; shell-fish 

 only landed. 





Seine and 

 pouch nets. 



Upper reaches of 

 Firth of Forth. 



1,015 



250 



* 



Sp'-atsand cod- 

 lings. 





Fisheries unimportant. 





Pouch and 

 drag nets. 





1,297 



631 



776 

 236 





Sprats, sparlings, 

 and flounders. 





Sprats and sparlings are 

 themost important kinds 

 of fish landed at this 

 creek. 



Fishings of little impor- 

 tance, chiefly carried on 

 for local consumption. j 





Hand lines. 



Firth of Forth. 





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Codlings. 









