of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



05 



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. 



iB 



o.2 

 o J 

 6 m 



General Remarks. 







C\rts. 















Nets, lines, and 

 creels. 



„ 



Luce Bay. 



436 

 469 



387 



144 



67 



]\I*ickcic]. cod, 

 crabs, and 

 lobsters. 



Flat-fish, skate, 

 cincl lobstors. 





The little difference here 

 is in favour of the pre- 

 sent year. 



A slight improvement on 



shown. 





Lines a n il 



creels. 





179 



110 



106 



lobsters. 





A. poor ycui* wqs experi" 

 enced, lobsters and 

 crabs being scarce. 







Oft the station. 



57 



40 



277 



Cod and lob- 

 sters. 





Similar to preceding 

 year. 





Lines. 



Wigtown Bay. 



14S 



116 



9 



Mackerel, cod, 

 and plaice. 



• 



The total value is only 

 half of last year's. The 

 (lccvc3SG occurs in 

 shell-fish. 





Nets and shrimp 

 trawls. 





49 



135 



573 



mussels. 





Generally the results are 

 better than in 1905. 





Lines and 





31 



28 



122 



Lobsters and 

 whelks. 





A general decrease is 

 observed here. 





Stake nets. 



Nith Estuary. 



188 

 410 



112 

 245 



139 

 210 



Flounders and 

 shell-fish. 





Similar to preceding year. 



Results not quite so good 

 as in 1905. 







Sol way Firth. 



40- 



32 





Flounders and 

 cod. 





General decrease. Creek 

 of little account. 





Beam trawling. 





1,670 



1,628 



3 511 



Flounders, 

 plaice, skate, 

 and shrimps. 





The decrease here amounts 

 to £532, which is refer- 

 able to a shorter catch 

 of flounders, plaice, and 

 skate. Shrimps remain 

 about the same as last 

 year. 









75,4S2 



30,083 



7,379 





38 











7,593,369 



2,977,593 



72,322 



| 1,087 











7,856,310 



2,649,148 



70,662 



1,035 













1 



1 ! 



Stranraer and Carsethorn which was engaged in trawling. 



