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Appendices to Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Exportation. 



Haddock 

 Fishing. 



Crab and 



Lobster 



Fishing. 



Barrel-making 

 and Boat- 

 building. 



English and 

 Irish Fishings. 



a record for the district, the next best year being 1884 with a catch of 

 84,112 crans. With such a heavy fishing curers' stocks soon became 

 exhausted, the result being that over 60,000 barrels were purchased from 

 outside the district, principally from Aberdeenshire. Inquiries have been 

 made for new stations, and it is hoped that a few names will be added to 

 the permanent list of curers by next season. 



Besides the 27,238| barrels of herrings exported direct, there were 

 49,028 sent coastwise, and 20,704 by rail to Leith for exportation to the 

 Continent. 



The haddock fishing exhibited a slight improvement on that of 1905, 

 but this industry is now mostly confined to small boats, only four large boats 

 having been engaged in it during the past year. Prices ranged from 5s. 

 to 35s. per box of 6 stones, the average being 17s. 2d. per cwt. 



The returns of the crab and lobster fishings were slightly below those 

 for 1905, this being due to the fact that the Burnmouth fishermen did 

 not prosecute this fishing during the months of November and December. 

 Prices ranged from Is. 9d. to 4s. 6d. per score for crabs. 



Both coopers and boatbuilders were fully employed throughout the 

 year, and for both the prospects of the present year are bright. 



Owing to the successful home fishing fewer boats took part in the early 

 summer herring fishing at English and Irish ports than in 1905, but 

 the number — 56 — at the autumn fishing at Yarmouth and Lowestoft 

 was practically the same as in the previous year, while the aggregate 

 value of the catch showed a slight increase. 



Table showing the Number of Boats employed in each week during the 

 Herring Fishing Season of 1906, the Highest Shots and Weekly 

 Landings, with the Prices obtained for Fresh and Cured Herrings. 



Week 

 ended 



1906. 



7th J uly 



14th „ 



21st „ 

 28th 



4th Aug. 



11th „ 



18th ,, 



25th „ 



1st Sept. 



8th „ 

 15th 



22nd „ 

 29th 



Number 

 of Boats. 



58 

 70 

 89 

 146 

 183 

 161 

 199 

 180 

 175 

 175 

 128 

 18 

 4 



Highest 

 Shot. 



Cran 



43 

 81 

 95 

 90 

 154 

 160 

 128 

 130 

 188 

 78 

 40 

 20 

 35 



Total 

 Catch for 

 Week. 



Grans. 



2,522 

 4,257 

 7,049 

 11,345 

 14,943 

 12,270 

 15,277 

 8,789 

 10,339 

 7,419 

 3,513 

 144 

 188 



Prices for 



Fresh 

 Herrings. 



Per Cran. 



s. d. s. d. 



3 3 to 40 0 



4 0 to 33 0 



5 0 to 28 0 



5 0 to 24 0 



6 0 to 39 0 

 4 0 to 24 0 

 4 0 to 2 0 



7 0 to 25 0 

 10 0 to 29 0 

 15 0 to 27 0 

 14 0 to 28 6 

 22 0 to 26 0 

 20 6 to 24 0 



Average Prices of 

 Cured Herrings. 



Per Barrel. 



C. Full. 



„ Mat \ 

 Full. / 



,, Spent. 



,, Mattie. 



33s. 7d. 



30s. 9d. 



28s. Id. 



29s. 5d. 



Branded) oi„ c\a 

 Herrings} 31s ' 0d ' 



From 2s. to 

 Un- J 5s. below 

 branded. 1 the above 

 V. prices. 



Berwick, 9th January 1907. 



David Rosie, 



Fishery Officer. 



