of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



49 



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 Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 



! * 



! > 











Drift nets, 



Inverness and 

 Bcauly Firths. 



15,795 



4,821 





Small herrings 

 and sprats. 





A number of curing firms 

 were located ar Inver- 

 ness during the latter 

 quarter of the year. 

 They paid high prices 

 for both herrings and 

 sprats, which induced 

 tie fishermen to pursue 

 the fishing, even when 

 only moderate catches 

 were being secured. 

 While there was an in- 

 creased quantity of her- 

 rings caught, there was 

 a deficiency in the quan- 

 tity of sprats, when 

 co npared with the land- 

 ings of the preceding 

 year. 









5!),735 



21,677 



2S9 





12 







Drift nets and 

 small lines. 



Inverness and 

 Beauly Firths, 

 and 2 to 10 miles 

 N. from Avoch. 



626 



317 



300 



Small herrings 

 and haddocks. 





The majority of the first- 

 class Avoch boats were 

 employed at herring 

 fishing from May to 

 November at different 

 parts of the Scottish. 

 English, and Irish coasts. 

 The crews earned at 

 these places about 

 £18,000. The sprats 

 landed at Inverness and 

 credited to Findhorn 

 district were mo.-tly 

 caught by Avoch crews. 





Drift and seine 

 nets and 

 small and 

 hand linos. 



Cromarty and 

 Dingwall Firths, 

 and 1 to 12 

 miles E. & S.E. 

 from Sutors. 



7,290 



4,581 



675 



Cod, codlings, 

 h a d d o c k s, 

 plaice. and 

 flounders. 



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Small-line fishing is the 

 chief pursuit. Better 

 results were obtained 

 during the last six 

 months of the year than 

 at any period within 

 recent years. A number 

 of men were engaged as 

 hired hands on Moray 

 Firth boats from May to 

 November. 





Small lines. 



Off Sutors, 







• 







The few resident fisher- 

 men laud their fish at 

 Cromarty and Inver- 

 gordon. 





Drift nets, and 

 small and 

 hand lines. 



2 to 12 miles E. 

 by S. 



1 



> 4,310 



1 



1,305 



75 



fCodlings.had- 

 docks, and 

 plaice. 



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1 



U 



• / 



Aticmfc ti tliircl of tliG 

 fishermen resident at 

 these three places were 

 employed for five 

 months at herring fish- 

 ing as hired men, on 

 board Nairn, Lossie- 

 mouth, and Banff dis- 

 trict boats. When at 

 home they found remun- 

 erative employment at 

 small-line Asking 



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