of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



85 



No. II. — continued. 





Methods of 

 Wishing Pursued 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value of 

 Shell Fisl 

 Taken. 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



No. of Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 





& 



1 









Drift, and seine 

 nets, great, 

 small, and 

 h a n d-1 i n e s, 

 and lobster 

 creels. 



Kllbrannan Sound. 



41,458 



19,21.' 



384 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, had- 

 docks,whitings 

 and plaice. 



5 



A large decrease in quan- 

 tity and value of fish 

 landed, chiefly owing to 

 comparative ■failure of 

 the herring fishing in 

 Kilbrannan Sound. Cod 

 and ling fishing yielded 

 good results, and small 

 line fishing was fully as 

 successful as in the pre- 

 Tious year. 





Lobster creels. 



Around the 

 island. 







215 



Lobsters. 





An increase in the catch 

 of lobsters as compared 

 with 1905. 







Mull of Kintyre. 



•410 



80 



136 







Lobsterand saithe fishings 

 show considerable in- 

 creases over the previous 

 year's catches. 





» 



1 to 4 miles off 

 Ballochnntee. 







156 







Slight decrease, but re- 

 sults practically the 

 same as the previous 

 year. 





Great lines and 

 lobster creels. 



1 to 7 miles 

 S.W. of Cara 

 Island 



1,394 



41 8 



302 



Cod and lobsters. 



5 



Cod and ling fishing fair- 

 ly successful, showing 

 an increase. Lobster 

 fishing shows little 

 change. 





Lobster creels. 



Mull of Oa. 



28 



25 



438 



Lobsters. 





The lobster fishing ex- 

 hibits a slight decrease. 





.. 



Sound of [slay. 







205 







Considerable increase in 

 the catch of lobsters. 





Great and hand 

 lines and 

 lobster creels. 



1 to 5 miles off 

 Rhinns Lighthouse. 



1,080 



205 



S7 



Cod, saithe, and 

 lobsters. 



5 



A considerable increase 

 in the quantity and 

 value of cod landed. 

 Saithe also shows an in- 

 crease in quantity, but 

 a decrease in value. 

 The saithe cured-dried 

 were exported to Ire- 

 land. Lobsters exhibit 

 a slight falling off. 





Drift nets, i 

 small !ines,and 

 lobster creels. 



Lochindaal. 



484 



148 



99 



393 



94 

 65 



73 



28 

 40 



Cod, haddocks, 

 plaice, and 

 lobsters. 



A 

 1 

 1 



■ 



J 



With the exception of a 

 decrease in the catch of 

 plaice, the results at 

 these creeks were 

 similar to those of the 

 previous year. 





Lobster creels. 



Loch Gruinart 

 Bay. 



Around the Island. 



598 



161 



165 

 158 

 261 



Saithe and lob- 

 sters. 



Lobsters. 





Increase in total value of 

 fish landed. 



Results similar to those of 

 the previous year. 



Lobster fishing was fairly 

 successful, and the year's 

 results show a substan- 

 tial increase. 









47,249 



21,064 



2,695 





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