of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



55 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods of 

 | Fishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Lines and lob- 

 ster creels. 



Drift nets, 



great lines, 



and hand 

 lines. 



Great and small 

 lines and lob- 

 ster creels. 



1 to 7 miles from 

 land. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Cwts. 



440 



2 to 6 and from 372,732 

 20 to 50 miles 

 E. S. E. and 

 E.N.E. 



Ill 



106,251 



Value of 

 Shell Fish 

 Taken. 



Principal kinds 

 of Fisli landed. 



2 to 8 miles E. 

 and S.E. 



Sinclair's Bay and 

 2 to 4 miles E. 

 and S.E. 



2 to 4 miles off. 



Hand lines and j 2 to 6 miles N. 

 lobster creels. and N.E. 



2 to 7 miles S.E. 

 and W. 



2 to 6 miles N. 

 and 1T.E 



Lines and lob- j 2 to 5 miles N. and 

 ster creels. ! N.W. 



Drift nets, lines, 

 and lobster 

 creels. 



2 to 6 and f om 

 20 to 80 miles 

 N. and N.W 



1,486 



1,151 



2,309 



734 



80 Cod and crabs. 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, skate, 

 and haddocks. 



^.2 



General Remarks. 



60 



Cod, haddocks, 

 and crabs. 



2,143 



862 



452 



620 



1,722 



Cod, lobsters, 

 and crabs. 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 



848 



419 



0,293 



228 



363 



480 | Cod, lobsters, 

 • and crabs. 



3,897 | 



Herrings, cod, j 32 

 lings, skate, 

 and haddocks. 



A slight decrease in quan- 

 tity and value. A num- 

 ber of the fishermen, 

 engage in herring fish- 

 ing at the chief centres. 



A decrease in quantity 

 and value, cliefly in 

 herriJiL'S. Little or no 

 change in the means of 

 capture. No new steam 

 drifters or large boats 

 built throughout the 

 year. 



A slight decrease in 

 quantity and value. 

 Creeks yearly on the de- 

 cline. 



No change in quantity 

 and value. Fishermen 

 go very little from home 

 during the year. 



A marked decrease in 

 quantity and value. It 

 is only the fishermen of 

 Keiss who depend solely 

 upon the fishing for a 

 livelihood. 



A considerable decrease 

 both in quantity and 

 value. All the fisher- 

 men are interested in 

 crofts. 



An increase in the value of 

 lobsters, but a decrease 

 in the quantity and 

 value of othei fish This 

 island is very much ex- 

 posed. 



A marked decrease in 

 quantity aud value. 

 None of the fishermen 

 of these creeks depend 

 solely upon the fishing 

 for a livelihood. 



A slight increase in quan- 

 tity and value. Fisher- 

 men engage in other 

 employment than fish- 

 ing. 



The total quantity and 

 value of all kinds of fish 

 are reduced to one- 

 fourth of the previous 

 year's, owing to the 

 complete failure of the 

 herring fishing. 



