of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



89 



No. II. — continued. 



Methods of 

 Fishing Pursued. 



Position of 

 Principal Fishing 

 Grounds. 



Quantity and Value of 



Fish Landed 

 (excluding Shell Fish). 



Value of 

 Shell Fis! 

 Taken. 



Principal kinds 

 of Fish Landed. 



No. of Curing 

 Stations. 



General Remarks. 







Cwts. 



£ 



£ 









v Seine and 

 1 drift nets 

 1 and lines. 



J 



Loch Fyne and 

 Firth of Clyde. 



262 



98 





Herrings. 



(A 

 1 1 



1 'j 

 I'l 



1 1 



v.; 



All the creeks in this 

 section are annually be- 

 coming of less import- 

 ance so far as the fish- 

 eries are concerned. 

 Herrings not sold at sea 

 arc landed at Inveraray. 







22,015 



7,162 



1,192 





25 





Drift, seine, and 

 hake nets, 

 beam trawls, 

 and lines. 



Between Bute 

 and Cumbraes, 

 Loch Striven, 

 and Kyles of 

 Bute. 



" 6,366 



) 



2,657 



( 



I 



j 



92 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 whitings, 

 saithe, and 

 plaice. 



•A 

 J 



Increase in quantity and 

 value, for which herrings 

 are primarily responsible. 



Little attention was given 

 to white fishing. Hake 

 net fishing from Port- 

 Bannatyne was a failure. 



Drift and seire 

 nets and lines 



Between Skipness 

 and Inchmar- 

 nock, also Kyles 

 of Bute and 

 Loch Fyne. 



14,543 



3,466 



140 



Herrings, and 

 codlings. 





Owing to a successful her- 

 ring- fishing being ob- 

 tained off the west of 

 Bute, there is a large in- 

 crease in the quantity 

 and value of herrings 

 credited to this area. 



Drift nets and 

 lines. 



Off the Bute coast. 



342 



117 



12 



Herrings and 

 shell-fish. 





Creek of little note. 



Drift, seine, 

 and hake nets 

 and lines. 



Kyles of Bute and 

 Loch Fyne. 



829 



588 



111 



Herrings and 

 codling. 





No herrings entered these 

 waters, and little was in 

 consequence done at the 

 fisheries. Results simi- 

 lar to those of last 

 year. | 



Hake nets and 

 lines. 



Estuary of the 

 Upper Clyde. 



666 



4S5 



82 



Codling, saithe, 

 haddocks and 

 whitings. 



1 



Very few proper fisher- | 

 men in this locality now 

 Increase in quantity and 

 decrease in value. A 

 small kippering kiln has 

 been erected at Dunoon. 



Drift and hake 

 nets. 



Lochs Long and 

 Goil. 



\ 



V 2,098 

 / 



560 



{ 



7'2< 



Mackerel, cod- 



1 i n 0* iMiP 



and haddocks. 



i 



>• 



• J 



*^I&cl\crol werevcrv plcnti - 

 ful in the autumn in 

 Lochs Long and Goil, 

 but few herrings were 

 got. Dog-fish were again 

 numerous. Increase in 

 quantity and value. 



Drift and seine 

 nets and lines. 



1 



Kilbrannan Sound, 

 and Loch Fyne. 



821 



18S 





Herrings and 

 haddocks. 



2 



Slight increase, chiefly in 

 herrings. A little cur- 

 ing was done on shore 

 at Lochranza. 



