of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



63 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods of 

 'ishing Pursued 



Lines. 



Nets and lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and lines. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish) 



Inshore. V\ 

 2 to 50 miles oft". 

 Inshore. 



1 to 70 miles oft'. 



Cwts. 



13,150 



Value of 

 Shell Fish 

 Landed. 



4,402 



Lines. 



Lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and lines. 

 Lines. 



Nets and lines. 



Lines. 



Nets and lines. 



Inshore. 



Inshore. 



Inshore. 



1 to 40 miles off. 



Inshore. 



1 to 40 miles off. 



>■ 477,957 ; 169,451 



Y 6,449 1,940 



5 953 



Pound the island, j ^ 8,235 

 1 to 25 miles off. I 



1,406 



2,302 



1 to 40 miles off. 



1 to 50 miles off. >■ 92,936 30,493 



1,663,970 



622,496 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



U.2 



Herrings. 



Herrings. saithe, 

 and great-line 

 fish generally. 



( Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, &o. 



5 < 



(\ Herrings, cod, 

 I j haddocks, &e. 



) ! 



Herrings and 

 haddocks. 



Herrings, cod, 

 and ling. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks and 

 mussels. 



318 



53^ 



1 



30 



General Remarks. 



Great decrease in quan- 

 tity and value. The 

 herring fishing only 

 yielded a third of the 

 quantity and half the 

 value of the catch for 

 1905. 



Great decrease in herring 

 fishing — over 50 per 

 cent. in quantity, 

 and nearly 25 per cent, 

 in value— as compared 

 with the results of the 

 previous year. Line 

 fishing Wi.s neglected, 

 the landings of saithe 

 especially being excep- 

 tionally small. 



Considerable increase 

 both in quantity and 

 value. 



Great decrease, especially 

 in herrings. The total 

 quantity was less than a 

 sixth, and the value less 

 than a fifth, of the re- 

 turns for 1905. 



Great decrease ; the quan- 

 tity and value of her- 

 rings amounted to only 

 about a third of last 

 year's figures. 



The Scalloway herring 

 fishing proved a failure, 

 only about half the pre- | 

 vious year's quantity 

 being landed. Higher 

 prices were realised for 

 fresh herrings. There 

 was a good haddock fish- 

 ing, both in the begin- 

 ning and again towards 

 the end of the year. 

 As at Lerwick, most of 

 the cod wore brought 

 from Faroe and Iceland, 

 the home fishing having 

 proved a failure. 



