262 Appendices to Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Table showing particulars of the Great Summer Herring Fishing, 1906. 





Steam Drifters. 



Sailing Boats. 



Total. 



Week ending 



■ 



Xo. of 

 Vessels. 



No. of 

 Crans. 



Value. 



No. of 

 Boats. 



No. of 

 Crans. 



Value. 



No of 

 Crans. 



Value. 



July 7 



11 



2S6 



£ 



272 



72 



1,853 



£ 



1,766 



2,139 



£ 



2,038 



„ 14 



46 



1,150 



980 



248 



5,800 



4,985 



6,950 



5,965 



„ 21 



17 



190 



184 



120 



1,282 



1,240 



1,472 



1,421 



„ 28 . 



4 1 



i 1 





90. 





Q 111 

 O, 111 



0,100 



o, *)o 1 



4,0/ \J 



Aug. 4 . 



31 



664 



954 



200 



2,960 



3,559 



3,624 



4,513 



11 . 



22 



557 



938 



70 



847 



1,244 



1,404 



2,182 



., 18 . 



18 



556 



734 



213 



3,315 



4.010 



3,871 



4,744 



.. 25 . 



40 



850 



1.341 



167 



2,765 



4,019 



3,615 



5,360 



Sept. 1 



26 



488 



694 



84 



1.020 



1,166 



1,508 



1,860 



8 . 



11 



136 



211 



19 



236 



378 



372 



589 



Total . 



263 



5,697 



7,210 



1,382 



23,189 



25,835 



28,886 



33,045 



Robert Mackie. 



Kirkwall, ith January 1007. Fishery Officer. 



Shetland District. 



General 

 Remarks. 



Means of 

 Capture. 



Herring 

 Fishing. 



Although the success attending the various branches of the fishing 

 industry in Shetland was somewhat varied, the general results were very 

 satisfactory, the total value of fish landed exceeding the figures for 1905 

 by .£24,172. The quantity of herrings landed showed a decrease of 

 186.903 crans, but, owing to the higher prices that were current all the 

 season, the value was greater by over £24,000. 



There were no important changes in the means of capture during the 

 year. After last year's experience, however, local fishermen are getting 

 dissatisfied with the smaller-sized boats, a good many of which have 

 therefore been struck off the register, and their places filled either by 

 larger and better sail boats or by steam drifters, a few of which are now 

 being purchased for local crews. 



The most noticeable feature in connection with the herring fishing is 

 the growing tendency to centralisation at Lerwick and Baltasound, and, 

 to a smaller extent, also at Scalloway and Hoswick. Not only have the 

 boats and workers been increasing in number year by year at these 

 stations, but they have been commencing earlier and continuing later 

 than formerly. Indeed, apart from the fact that the north-western 

 stations are still closed in July, there is now no line of demarcation such 

 as used to exist between the early and late seasons in Shetland. 



