of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



39 



No. II. — continued. 















to 





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 Cm 

 Station; 



General Remarks 







Cwts. 



* 



& 









Small lines, 

 and crab and 

 lobster creels. 



Small-lines. 



2 to 5 miles off 

 shore. 



2,845 



3.41 1 

 1,194 



1,250 



1,499 

 61 S 



24 



50 

 78 



Haddocks and 

 whitings. 





^ The industry is still at a 

 j low ebb* in these vil- 

 1 lages, and the result 

 )■ of the year's work pre- 

 1 sented practically no 

 1 change from that of the 

 ) year before. 



Trawls, lines, 

 and drl ft 

 nets. 





1,010,375 



957,998 



15 



Haddocks, cod, 

 herring s, 

 plaice, hali- 

 but, soles, 

 whitings, 

 ling - , &c. 



Herring Curing, . 34 

 Haddock, &c. ,, . 120 

 Tinning, . y 



A great Meet of steam 

 , trawlers, steam liners, 

 and drifters — valued at 

 £940,000 approximately 

 — fish from this port. 

 All the fishings were 

 prosecuted with much 

 vigour, and were again 

 highly successful. 



. 1 







1,917,825 



961,305 



167 





109 





Lines. 



,, 



From 1 to 4 miles 



From 1 to 8 miles 

 off. 



From 1 to 4 miles 

 off. 



28 



1,157 



540 



14 



40'.) 



203 



120 



Haddocks and 

 codlings. 





Good supply of excellent 

 mussels for bait at this 

 creek, but very little 

 done at finning". 



Slight increase in quan- 

 tity and value of fish 

 landed. 



Better results obtained 

 than in the preceding 

 year. 



Nets and liiK's. 1 



From 1 to lOmilcs 

 off. 



438 

 1,128 



199 

 559 







1 



Practically the same quan- i 

 tity of line fish landed as • 

 in the preceding year. 1 

 Herrings all landed at 

 Peterhead. 



The majority of the fisher- 

 men engaged in the vari- 

 ous Herring fishings 

 from Peterhead and 

 elsewhere. Slight im- 

 provement in the fishing. 



Lines. 



From 1 to 3 miles 

 off. 



38 



14 









Fishing practically dis- 

 continued at this creek. 



Nets and lines 



1 



From 1 to 10 miles 

 off. 



1,975 



1 



894 



129 



1 





1 



Considerable improve- 

 ment in line fishing. 

 Herrings landed at 

 Peterhead. 



which were engaged in trawling, and two Fnglish steam liners regularly fishing from Aberdeen, whose crews, 

 number of" Resident Fisheimen and Boys." 



