of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 59 



No. II. — continued. 





Methods of 

 Pishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value Of 

 Shell Fish 

 Landed. 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



No. of Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 



I 



1 * 













Linos and creels. 



Inshore. 



9,383 

 276 



3,103 

 102 



1S8 



Cod and lobsters. 



Lobsters. 



Cod and lobsters. 



1 





Little done at fishing 

 locally. Most of the 

 fish landed by English 

 trawlers and Faroe 



Crofting islands ; lobster 

 fishing principally, but 

 a little done at hand- 

 line fishing also. 



The above remarks apply 

 to these creeks. 





Net."., liner>, and 

 creels 



Stronsay Firth. 



34,349 



13,584 



4,447 



" 



3 





Line and lobster fishing 

 engaeed in all the year 

 rouna. A large portion 

 of the fish returned, 

 however, is landed by 

 English trawlers and 

 Faroe smacks. 





Lines and creels. 



Insliore. 



2'23 



56 



33S 







J 



Crofting districts ; line 

 and lobster fishing en- 

 gaged in throughout 

 >- the year. Most of the 

 line' fish used locally ; 

 lobsters sent to Kirk- 

 wall. 





Nela , lines, and 

 ciesls. 



'20 to 50 miles off 

 S.E. and inshore. 



5,534 

 2,487 



S75 

 610 





Herrings. 



2 

 •j 



\ Herring-curing stations; 

 | fishing a failure this 

 }• year. A little also done 

 ! at line and lobster fisli- 



> ing. 





Lin ei and <:i eels. 



Inshore. 



770 



244 



51 



Cod and had- 

 docks. 



1 



Small and hand-line and 

 lobster fishing carried 

 on. 





Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



10 to 50 miles off 

 Hoy Head, N.W. 

 and inshore. 



6,9S0 



2,818 



SOS 



Herrings, cod 

 and lobsters. 



7 



Herring - curing station. 

 The fishing has been a 

 failure for a number of 

 years back, and the year 

 under review was the 

 worst on record. Line 

 and lobster fishing also 

 engaged in. 





" 



Inshore a n d 

 Scapa 1 low 



1,559 

 764 



'.',103 



361 



223 

 » 



735 



:».-,;> 



4-1 1 



25)0 



Herrings, cod, 

 and lobsters. 



" 



1 





The fishermen are all of 

 the crofting class, and 

 engage in line and lob- 

 ster fishing all the year 

 round. The line fish are 

 all used fresh, or cured, 



' dried, and sold in the 

 district. One herring- 

 curing station at Cara, 

 South Ronaklshay, but 

 the fishing has been 

 falling away for years. 









185,431 



61,154 



9,349 















! 













drifters occasionally landed herrings in the district. 



