of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



61 



No. II. —continued. 



Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of Value of 

 Fish Landed Shell Fish 



(excluding Shell Fish). Landed. 



Cwts. 



Lines. j Round the island. I i 



Nets and lines. I Chiefly inshore. 



2 to 40 miles on". 



Chiefly inshore. 

 2 to 60 miles off. 



y 5,452 



2 to 80 miles off. 



Lines. 



In shore. 



Nets and line*. 



2 to 50 miles off. 





2 to 50 miles off. 





Inshore. 





1 to 40 miles off. 



Lines. 



ItolO 



Nets and hues 



1 to 40 



Lines. 



1 to 10 



Nets and lines. 



lt->40 



Lines. 



Inshore. 



N'ets and lines. 



1 to 40 miles off. 



920,649 



1,427 



32,220 



Principal Kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



o.9 

 o « 



General Remark 



362,346 



29,681 



15,556 



11,159 



:aithe,cod, ling, 1 \ 

 tusk, halibut, 

 and lierrings. 



1 



Herrings only. 



Herrings, 

 ling, 

 saithe, 

 docks, 

 halibut. 



cod, 

 tusk, 

 had- 



and 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, tusk, 

 saithe, and 

 haddocks. 



hut chiefly her- 

 rings and had- 

 docks. 



•J 



I J 



At these stations the prin- 

 cipal industry is hand- 

 line and great-line fish- 

 ing. I here was a great 

 decrease in the quantity 

 of fish landed, owing 

 chiefly to the failure of 

 the saithe fishing ; but, 

 owing to an improve- 

 ment in the herring fish- 

 ing, the total value of 

 lish was almost equal to 

 that for 1905. 



There was a great de- 

 crease in tiie great-line 

 fishing, and a decrease 

 in total quantity of fish 

 landed ; but, owing to 

 the high prices paid for 

 lierrings, an increase in 

 value of over £11,000 



Great decrease, both in 

 quantity and value 



At these stations there 

 was a decrease of 75.000 

 cwts. in the quantity 

 of lierrings landed, but 

 an increase in value of 

 over £100.000. Haddock 

 fishing 1 was normal. 

 Great-line fishing was a 

 comparative failure, but 

 the usual quantity of 

 cod, ling, &c, was more 

 than made up by Faroe 

 and Iceland fish, mostly 

 landed by Faroe vessels. 



Great decrease in quantity, 

 especially of line fish ; 

 but a slight increase in 

 tot d value, owing to 

 the higher prices paid 

 for herrings. 



1 ) 



General decrease, especi- 

 ally in herrings. The 

 total quantity landed was 

 only a fourth, and the 

 value about a third, of 

 the yield of the fisheries 

 at these stations in 190,5. 



