No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



31 



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. 



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"si 



General Remarks. 



Hand lines. 

 Nets and lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and lines. 



Nets and lines. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Nets and lines. 



Firth of Forth. 



Cwts. 

 6 



257 

 748 



572 



853 



434,152 



Firth of Forth. 



4.0GS 



74 



4,582 



Firth of Forth 

 to h;0 miles E. 

 and S.E. of May 

 Island. 



566 



35,793 



59 



104 



381 



607 



533 



Codlings and 

 shell-fish. 



Codlings. 



Herrings and 

 codlings. 



Codlings. 



196.992 



*,204 



164 



51 

 2,432 



Herrings and 

 haddocks. 



Flounders, and 

 plaice. 



Herring}, had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



Principally shell fish 

 landed at this creek. 



Hand-line fis' ing for 

 local consunipt on. 



Fishing of very little im- 

 portance ; carried on for 

 local consumption. 



Fishing not of much im- 

 portance ; engaged in 

 occasionally only. 



Hand-line fishine, and 

 with nets during the first 

 few months of the y<sar; 

 fishing not of much im- 

 portance. 



Hun Mine fishing carried 

 ou occasionally ; not of 

 much importance. 



The returns of fish landed 

 at this station show an 

 average year. Hen ing 

 fi.-hing returns show a 

 falling olT, but small- 

 line fishing wasattended 

 by better results. 

 Twenty-five cre«s were 

 employed at hen ing 

 fishing at Shields from 

 May to Septemher. The 

 earnings per crew aver- 

 aged £400. 



Catch much about the 

 same as last year. 



Increase in total witch. 

 Herring fishing was 

 more successful. Had- 

 docks also show a si i b- 

 stantal increase, bur 

 the flounder and plaice 

 fishing was less satis- 

 factory. 



Considerable falling off, 

 principally at herring 

 fishing. Small-line fish- 

 ing shows an increase. 



Sl-'ght falling off in catch, 

 but large increase in 

 value of fish landed, 

 due principally to the 

 higher prices received 

 for hei rings during the 

 winter herring fishing. 

 Great-line fishing re- 

 ceived less attention. 



