of the f ishery Board for Scotland. 



No. II. — continued. 



83 





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. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 



& 













Neti and creels. 



In the lochs. 



26 



23 



332 



Herrings and 

 shell-fish. 



1 



The apparent absence of 

 herrings on this coast is 

 again responsible f or the 

 large reduction in the 

 landings here. No her- 

 rings taken in Locli 

 Scriddan during the year. 

 Shell-fish returns also 

 show a decline. 





Creels. 









422 



Lobsters. 





Landings almost confined 

 to lobsters ; slight de- 

 crease in value. 





Lines and creels. 



Off the island. 



» 



*48 

 196 



36 

 54 



314 



68 



Haddocks, ling, 

 and lobsters. 





A healthy increase in tiie 

 value of shell-fish, but 

 no improvement in line 

 fishing. 



This creek maintains the 

 increase of last year in 

 line fishing, but shows a 

 slight decrease in the 

 value of shell-fish. Had- 

 docks seem to have been 

 plentiful on the coast 

 during the summer 

 months, doubtless prov- 

 ing a boon to the is- 

 landers. 





Lines and creels. 



Sound of Iona. 



182 



151 



72 



Cod, flounders, 

 and lobsters. 





Excepl for a small de- 

 crease in the value of 

 shell-fish, this creek 

 maintains its improve- 

 ment. 





Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



Off the islands. 



702 



165 



281 



Herrings, eels, 

 skate, and 

 lobsters. 



1 



Since the opening of the 

 Mallaig Railway, Canna 

 has become primarily a 

 herring fishing station, 

 and the failure of this 

 branch is felt here. Dur- 

 ing the late autumn, 

 which is usually the best 

 time of the year, the 

 landings were nil. Shell- 

 fish returns about same 

 as last year. 



1 Creels. 









145 



Lobsters. 





A decrease in the value of 

 lobsters. 



1 I 





20,739 



9,129 



3,260 





10 







Drift nets. 



Kilbrannan Sound. 







27 



Whelks. 





Fishermen dispose of their 

 catches at other stations 

 or to herring buying 

 steamers. 





Drift and seine 

 nets, lines 

 and lobster 

 creels. 





1 55 



411 



20 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddock*. 





Seine net fishing princi- 

 pally prosecuted, and 

 catches generally sold at 

 sea. Year's results 

 poor. 



