of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



57 



No II. — continued. 





1 



Methods < f 

 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. 



£ 



£ 











Lines and creels. 



2 to 5 miles N. 

 and N.W. 



'.'70 



655 



1 12 



253 



502 

 330 



Cod, flounders, 

 and lobsters. 





The results show u slight 

 decrease. Creeks very 

 exposed, and no proper 

 harbour accommodation. 



A slight increase in quan- 

 tity and value. 









> 2,659 

 J 



221 

 61 1 



850 

 46 



153 



484 

 41 



82 



Cod, haddocks 

 and lobsters. 



< 

 I 



Crofting and fishing are 

 combined at these 

 creeks. An increase 

 both in quantity and 

 value of fish landed. 



Insignificant as fishing 

 creeks. Fishermen de- 

 pend chiefly upon croft- 

 ing and engagement as 

 hired hands at the 

 various herring fishings 



A sligii 1 increase in quan- 

 tity and value. Fisher- 

 men a great deal from 

 home at the various 

 herring fishings. 







>' 



)■ 826 



; 



1,038 



204 



204 



43 



68 



Haddocks and 

 lobsters. 



• 



1 



■J 



Crofting receives more 

 attention than fishing. 

 Results much the same 

 as in the previous year. 









4,571 



1,130 



184 



Cod, haddocks, 

 flounders, and 

 lobsters. 





A slight decrease in quan- 

 tity and value. Fisher- 

 men handicapped by 

 lack of railway facilities 

 for sending fish to 

 market. 









402,596 



116,716 



5,122 





101 







Nets, lines and 

 creels. 



Inshore. 



4.785 

 2,825 



739 



1,506 

 856 



162 



S20 

 194 



403 



Herrings, cod. 

 saithe, ami 

 lobsters. 



I 



3 



1 



"N All crofter fishermen, 

 who engage in line and 

 lobster fishing. The 

 line fishing has been on 

 the decline in recent 

 years, but the lobster 

 fishing has received 

 more attention. One 

 herring-curing station 



, at Sanday. 







20 to 50 miles off 

 and inshore. 



1 12,604 



35,918 



383 



Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



12 



Herring-curing station ; 

 the herring fishing has 

 been successfully prose- 

 cuted for several years 

 back. A considerable 

 lobster fishing also car- 

 ried on. 



