of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 



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No. II.— continued. 



Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 



Quantity and Value of ( Value of 

 Fish Landed Shell Fisli 



(excluding Shell Fish). ! Taken. 



Principal Kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



o.2 



Nets and lines. Firth of Forth. 



Cwts. 



17,931 6,693 



Nets, lines, and Firth of Forth 

 creels. and North Sea 



generally. 



124,73-1 30.521 



Along the coast 



4,746 



2,211 



Creels. 



Nets and lines. ! St. Andrews Bay 

 to Bell Rock. ! 



41 

 7,404 



30 

 3.610 



Herrings, cod \ 

 and haddocks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 lobsters, and 

 crabs. 



1,628 



Herrin g s , 

 haddocks, lob- 

 sters, and 

 crabs. 



Mussel dredging. 1 River Eden. 



Estuary of Tay. 

 Bag nets. j River Tay. 



18S 



200,127 



70,872 



636 Lobsters and 

 i crabs. 



4 | Cod, haddocks, 

 md plaice. 



769 



Mussels. 



Sparlings and ( 

 flounders. 



3,627 



General Remarks. 



Large increase both in 

 catch and value, to which 

 herrings principally con- 

 tribute. The winter her- 

 ring fishing was attended 

 by "satisfactory results. 

 Small-line fishing was 

 also more successful. 



A marked increase in the 

 total catch and value. 

 Compared with the pre- 

 vious year's results both 

 the winter and summer 

 herring fishing returns 

 show large increases. 

 Great-line fishing re- 

 ceived less at'ention. 

 Small-line fishing was 

 neglected. Shell -fish 

 show a slight decreasa. 



Falling off in catch and 

 value of white fish. The 

 resides attending line 

 fishing were less satis- 

 factory than during the 

 preceding year. Lobster 

 and crab fishing also 

 showed a falling off. 



A falling off in catch. 



The returns show an in- 

 crease in the total quan- 

 tity and value of fish 

 landed. Small-line fish- 

 ing was successfully 

 prosecuted throughout 

 the year, and the quan- 

 tity and value of had- 

 docks and whitings 

 landed shows a very 

 large increase. The cod 

 net fishing was unpro- 

 ductive. Flounders and 

 plaice show an increase. { 



The demand for mussels 

 for bait was good 

 throughout the year, and 

 the output shows an 

 increase. 



A slight increase in the 

 quantity of mussels 

 dredged. 



A decrease in the quan- 

 tity and value of fish 

 landed. Most of the 

 sprats caught by the 

 crews belonging to this 

 creek are landed at Dun- 



