No. II. — continued. 



of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



71 





Methods of 

 Fishing 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. 





& 

















Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



Lines and creels. 



Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



1 to 3 miles off 

 the coast. 



1 to 4 miles S.E. 



Pound the island 

 1 to 3 miles off. 



1 to 3 miles E. 

 and W. 



4,378 



j 



723 



2,654 



/ 



V 



Lobsters and 

 mackerel. 



Lobsters, floun- 

 ders, and eels. 



Lobsters. 



Lobsters and 

 mackerel. 







> 



, 



In this section also lob- 

 ster fishing receives 

 most attention, and re- 

 turns show slight in- 

 >• crease. Line fishing, 

 which is prosecuted 

 principally from Grim- 

 say, shows a slight de- 

 crease. 





! > 



1 to 5 mile© E. 

 and S.E. 



2,440 



399 



322 







1 





Mackerel were plentiful 

 during J uly and August, 

 but there was little de- 

 mand for this class of 

 fish. 





" 



1 to 6 miles off 

 the coast. 



4,173 



1,098 



66 





Herrings, macke- 

 rel & lobster. 



1 





Herring fishing was suc- 

 cessfully prosecuted, 

 particularly during the 

 latter part of the year. 





»1 



1 to 10 miles off 

 tiie coast 



34,244 



13,719 



552 







8 





Herring fishing was prose- 

 cuted from May to the 

 close of the year and 

 the landings for the year 

 form a record for the 

 creek. 







From Loch Bois- 

 dale to Barra, 1 

 to 20 miles off. 



713 



201 







Herrings and 

 ling. 







The fishermen belonging 

 to this island made good 

 earnings at herring fish- 

 ing, landing their catches 

 at Loch Boisdale. 





" 



1 to 20 miles E. 

 and W. of Barra, 



i> 



i 









Ling and lob- 

 sters. 



1 



1 

 1 





1 



i 



Herring fishing chiefly 

 prosecuted, the catches 

 being landed at Castle- 

 bay. 





)) 



1 to 20 miles 

 E. and 10 to 60 

 miles N.W. of 

 Barra. 



ltolO miles E. and 

 S.W. of Barra j 

 Head. 



}■ 124,187 



i 



j 



1 



) 



57,269 



1,046- 





Herrings, cod, 

 ling, and lob- 

 sters. 



Lobsters. 



29 





Herring fishing was suc- 

 cessfully prosecuted 

 from May to October, 

 and the results were the 

 best obtained for several 

 years. Nearly all the 

 local crews had substan- 

 tial earnings. 



Two crews prosecuted her- 

 ring fishing at Castlebay 

 with considerable success. 









170,318 



73,455 



5,726 







43 























( ■ N 











V Nets, lines, and 

 lobster creels. 



Minch and Loch 

 Inchard. 



584 



202 



173 





Herrings and 

 lobsters. 



\ 2 





D jcrease in quantity and 

 value of all kinds. Her- 

 ring fishing the worst 

 experienced for 10 or 12 

 years. 





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