of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



87 



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. 



General Remarks. 









Cwts. 



£ 













Creels. 



Vicinity of Luing. 



Vicinity of Crinan 



Loch Kylesport 

 and vicinity. 







537 



151 



183 



Lobsters. 



Lobsters and 

 oysters. 



Lobsters. 





Decrease in catch and 

 value of lobsters. 

 The principal fish mer- 

 chants on the island con- 

 templated the construc- 

 tion of a pond for the 

 preservation of lobsters 

 but, for various reasons, 

 the work was postponed 

 till next year. 



Increase in catch and 

 value of lobsters. 



Only two fishermen be- 

 long to this creek, 

 but crews from other 

 districts fishing in local 

 waters land their catches 

 here. An increase of 

 fully 50 per cent, in 

 quantity and value. 





Seine, drift, and 

 cod nets and 

 lines. 



Loch Fyne, Kil- 

 brannan Sound, 

 and Firth of 

 Clyde. 



13,235 



3,671 



136 



Herrings.mack- 

 erel, cod, 

 ling, and 

 saithe. 



15 



Quantity of herrings 

 landed shows a substan- 

 tial increase, but value 

 practically the same as 

 last year. An increase 

 of about 50 per cent, in 

 the catch and 25 per 

 cent, in the value of 

 mackerel. General de- 

 crease in line fishing 

 results. 







>> 



7,539 



2,77S 



102 



Herrings, mack- 

 erel, cod and 

 haddocks. 



9 



A decrease of fully 25 per 

 cent, in the catch and 

 30 per cent, in the value 

 of herrings. During the 

 end of April and the be- 

 ginning of May a num- 

 ber of crews left for Loch 

 Boisda'e, where good re- 

 sults were obtained, the 

 average earnings per 

 boat being £100. 





Drift and seine 

 nets. 



»» 







• 



None. 





No fish landed at this 

 creek. The whole fleet 

 fished from Loch Bois- 

 dale during May and 

 June, the average earn- 

 ings per crew being 

 £110. 





\ 



► Seine, drift, 

 and cod nets 

 and lines. 



i 



■!1 



979 



615 



83 



Herrings, cod, 

 and haddocks. 



( 



, J 



The bulk of the herrings 

 are sold at sea. A few 

 crews engaged in great 

 line and cod net fishings 

 with results slightly 

 better than those of the 

 previous year. 



