of the fishery Board for Scotland. 



53 



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. 



i. of Curing 

 Stations. 



cici eral Remarks. 



























Cwts. 















Nets, lines, »nd 

 crab creels. 



2 to 20 miles off. 



5,866 



2,167 



221 



*" 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 





A decrease in line tish, 

 due to more attention 

 having been given to 

 herring fishing. From 

 May to December the 

 majority of the fishermen 

 were employ, d as hired 

 hands aboard locally- 

 owned steam drifters 

 and steam and sailing 

 drifters belonging to 

 other districts, wilh. in 

 nearly all cases, very 

 satisfactory results. 



No fishing now from this 

 creek. Never important. 





Nets and lines. 



2 to 20 miles off. 



1,738 



600 



18 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



1 



The majority of the 

 fishermen are crofters. 

 They are yearly giving 

 more artention to the 

 land and less to the 

 fishing. In the quantity 

 and value of fish landed 

 the returns show a de- 

 crease. 









14,510 



6,145 



294 





10 







Lines and 

 creels. 



1 to 3 miles off. 



939 



259 



ft9 



Codlings and 

 haddocks. 





A slight increase both in 

 quantity and value of 

 fish lanced. In other 

 respects the creek re- 

 mains stationary. 



Fish are landed at Lyb- 

 ster, there being no 

 landing - place at this 

 creek. Fishermen pay 

 more attention to croft- 

 ing. 





Nets and lines. 



1 to 10 miles off. 



6,946 



2,164 





Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 





A slight increase in quan- 

 tity, and more so in 

 value, compared with 

 1905. With regard to 

 means of capture L/bster 

 is on the decline. 





Lines and 

 creels. 



1 to 3 miles off. 



738 



147 



10 



L 



Codlings. 



1 



A small fishing creek ; 

 quantity and value show 

 a slight increase : most 

 of the fishermen take 

 part in the herring li>h- 

 Lng at Wick and Lybster. 









8,623 



2,570 



79 





5 



1 





















