of the Fishery Board for Scotland 



93 



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. 



Genera] Remarks. 







Cwts 





£ 









Lines. 



Clyde estufcry. 







• 









Beam trawls, 

 lines, and lob- 

 ster creels. 





9,816 



3,074 



266 



Herrings, con- 

 ger, whitings, 

 and lobsters. 





Decrease in all kinds of 

 fish landed, slight in- 

 crease in lobsters. 



Nets and lines. 





1,979 



870 



5 



Herrings, whit- 

 ings, mack- 

 erel, and 

 plaice. 





Decrease in all kinds. 



Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 





597 



114 



41 



Mackerel and 

 lobsters. 





Slight decrease in all 

 kinds of fish, except 

 herrings. 







31,118 



10,749 



2,321 





82 





Nets srid lines* 





18.175 



6,918 

 '-',4-20 



5,120 



3,508 

 1,556 



00 



8 



Her rings, mack- 

 erel, whit- 

 ings, and 

 plaice. 



Herrings, cod, 

 haddocks, 

 and whitings. 



10 



Large increase in quan- 

 tity of herrings, which 

 were landed chiefly by 

 stranger crews— princi- 

 pally from Campbeltown . 



While some fluctuations 

 occur here and there, 

 results resemble those of 

 the previous year. 



The immediately preced- 

 ing remarks apply heie. 



- 



» 



» 



1 



>■ 9,955 

 1 



) 



4,462 



( 

 1 



349-< 

 { 



General. 



,1 



1 



; 



Large decrease in quantity 

 of herrings landed. The 

 total value of all fish 

 landed, however, almost 

 equals last year. 







2,706 



1,115 



70 



Herrings, cod, 

 saithe, and 

 turbot. 



2 



General increase in quan- 

 tity and value, especially 

 of herrings. 





Loch Ryan f.nd 

 off Corsewall. 



i 

 1 



j 



10,SU 



1,496 



General. 



a 



i 



•j 



Very considerable increase 

 in total quantity and 

 value, for which herrings 

 are mainly responsible. 

 Decrease in flat-fish ow- 

 ing to crews being en- 

 gaged at herring fishing. 



Lines and 

 creels. 



Channel. 



1,441 



750 



154 



Cod, crabs, and 

 lobsters. 





Results somewhat similar 

 to last year. 



Creels. 



Off the station. 







44 



Crabs and lob- 

 ters. 





Creek of little importance ; 

 the lobster and crab fish- 

 ing yielded poor re- 

 returns. 



Lines an d 

 creels. 



Luce Bay. 



445 



•208 



45 



Mackerel, cod, 

 crabs, and lob- 

 sters. 





Except in the catch of 

 mackerel there is a 

 general decrease. Total 

 value, halfof last year. 



