of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



35 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 lincipal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fisii Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value of 

 8hell Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal Kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



General Remarks 



Cwts. 



Bag net* and Bag nets, river 79,784 

 trawling. Tay ; trawling, j 



">to 120 miles ott. 



,ines and creels. 1 to 12 miles oft'. 



Nets and lines 



Nets and lines, j Estuary of Tay. 



St. Andrews 

 | Bay, and Car- 

 noustie Bay. 



Lines and crceis. Along the coast. 



Nets, lines, and 2 to 70 miles off. 24,048 

 creels. 



24 



Ki, no?; 



j Along the coast. \ 9r.fi 

 2 to 70 miles off. 



280 



Trawling and i 4 to 80 miles off ; 49,107 

 mussel dredg- mussel dredginu 

 ing. in South Esk. 



769 



- i ii e s and Along the coast. | 380 

 creels. 



Sets, lines, and 1 to 50 miles off. 1 f>,414 

 creels. 



190 



15,384 



7,525 



Haddocks, cod, 

 whitinns, flat- 

 fish. 



H a d d o c k s, 

 plaice, and 

 mussel-!. 



Haddocks, cod- 

 1 i n g s, awl 

 crahs. 



155 (Crabs a ti d 

 I lobsters 



Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, crabs, 

 and lobsters. 



Codlings, had- 

 docks, era lis, 

 and lobsters. 



Mussels and 

 whelks. All 

 white fish 

 landed at 

 Montrose. 



i Herrings, had- 

 docks, cod- 

 lings, flat-fish, 

 and mussels. 



64 Codlings, had- 

 docks, and 

 j crabs. 



248 ! 



Herrings, cod- 

 lings, had- 

 docks, whitings 

 and crabs. 



181,209 



-8,886 



4,223 



The sprat and herring 

 fishing in the Tay was 

 a complete failure. 

 There was also a slight 

 decrease in the returns 

 of fish landed by 

 trawlers. 



Decrease in herrings and 

 plaice, but increase in 

 quantity of haddocks 

 and mussels landed. 



I Fishermen chiefly en- 

 }■ gaged in salmon and 

 j crab fishing. 



Decrease in quantity, but 

 increase in value of her- 

 rings landed. Improve- 

 ment in line fishing. 



j Increase in quantity 

 ! and value of haddocks, 

 \ crabs and lobsters 



! Most of the fishermen pro- 

 secuted the herring 

 fishing, on various parts 

 of the Scottish and Eng- 

 lish coasts, for from 6 to 

 9 months, and the line 

 fishing during the rest of 

 the year. 



Decided improvement in 

 quantity and value of 

 herrings landed. There 

 was also an increase in 

 the quantity of had- 

 docks caught both by 

 line boats and trawlers. 

 The output of mussels 

 was considerably less 

 than last year's. 



Increase in haddocks, but 

 decrease in codlings and 

 crabs. 



Marked improvement in 

 haddock fishing. Few 

 herrings landed and 

 none cured dur ng the 

 year. 



Important line-fishing 

 station ; results rather 

 better than those of last 

 year. Herring fishing 

 on the decline. Large 

 increase in the number 

 of crabs captured. 



Montrose, and .Aberdeen, all of which were engaged in tr&wling. 



