of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



77 



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 

 Landed 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



bo 



°5 ^ 



General Remarks 



Nets, lines, 

 and creels. 



Nets and lines. 



Nets. 



Loch Carron and 

 in Raasay Sound. 



Cwts. 



2,852 



5,913 



Loch Duich. 



Loch Hourn, 



Nets, lines and In the Sound of 



creels. 



19 



2,218 



>Nets 

 lines. 



Sleat and in 

 Loch Eyshort. 



and J Around Croulin and 

 in Scalpa Sound. 



Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



In Raasay Sound. 



3,543 



690 



4,388 



526 



39 



948 



412 



Around coast and 

 in Loch Snizort. 



Around coast and 

 in Loch Dun- 

 vegan. 



390 



1,439 



1,594 



206 



121 



641 



185 



1.805 



328 



S a i t h e and 

 crabs. 



Herrings, cod, 

 eels, and 

 mackerel. 



Herrings and 

 saithe. 



Herrings. 



Cod, ling, and 

 lobsters. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, and 

 flounders. 



Herrings. 



Herrings, mack 

 erel, and lob- 

 sters. 



Lobsters. 



Herrings, cod, 

 ling, and lob- 

 sters. 



U 



Shell-fish exhibit a slight 

 improvement, but white 

 fish a falling off. 



The value of all kinds of 

 fish landed i^ more than 

 double that of the pre- 

 vious year. Mackerel is 

 accountable for the im- 

 provement. Herring 

 fishing practically a 

 failure. 



Fishing a failure for a 

 number of years back. 

 Fishermen prosecute the 

 fishing at the different 

 lochs in the district. 



Most of the herrings 

 caught are landed at 

 Mallaig and Kyle of 

 Lochalsh, and are not 

 accounted for in the re- 

 turns for this loch. 



Most of the fishermen 

 have ci-ofrs. There is 

 an improvement in the 

 returns of white fish. 

 Herring fishing a com- 

 plete failure. 



The majority of the men 

 go away as yachtsmen 

 during the summer 

 months. Returns of 

 fish landed are below the 

 average. 



Little done at these creeks. 

 Most of the fishermen 

 have crofts. Fishing 

 below the average. 



A considerable improve- 

 ment in the mackerel 

 fishing. Herring fishing 

 a failure. 



Nearly all the fishermen 

 have crofts. The re- 

 turns show little varia- 

 tion from those of the 

 previous year. 



A considerable decrease 

 in shell -fish. White fish 

 shows a slight improve- 

 ment. 



