of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



69 



No. II. — continued. 





Methods of 

 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. 



Generaljicmarks. 











Cwts. 



£ 















Nets, lines, and 

 lobster creels 



The Minch. 





2,773 



784 



4y3 





Lobsters and 

 haddocks. 



( 



l-l 

 \ 



V 



An important whaling' 

 station (at Bunaveneader. 

 West Loch Tarbert). 166 

 whales of all ; kinds were 

 caught in 1006. 











3,164 



858 



205 





Herrings. 



f 



i 



Two islands in Fast Loch 

 Tarbert. Fair catches of 

 herrings of good quality 

 were landed at Scalpay 

 in August and September 

 by local small craft. 







The Minch and 

 Sound of Harris. 





2,010 



r 623 



608 





Lobsters and 

 i ling. 



( 



1 



H 



\ 



The Sound of Harris is 

 famed for lobsters of gaod 

 quality. There was a fair 

 herring fishing obtained 

 at Finsbay in August and 

 September. Seveial cur- 

 ing vessels from other 

 districts filled up there. 









265,712 



85,045 



3,229 





97 







Lines and creels. 



1 to 3 miles N.W. 













Lobsters and 

 flcundeis. 





Lobster fishing princi- 

 pally prosecuted. Re- 

 sults similar to those of 

 previous year. 







1 to 4 miles N.E. 

 and W. 





- 183 



46 



1,086-. 









A number of the younger 

 fishermen belonging to 

 Berneray find employ- 

 men on board yachts 

 during the summer 

 months. 



